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This is a preliminary Part II transcript of the Gemini 5 (GT-5) flight crew debriefing, prepared by the Spacecraft Operations Branch of NASA's Flight Crew Support Division and dated September 2, 1965. It records astronauts Cooper and Conrad at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy. They discuss how the spacecraft systems worked, including the platform and the OAMS thruster failures. The transcript also covers operational checks, visual sightings, experiments, training, premission planning, and medical aspects. It was originally classified Confidential.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: August 30 - September 2, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part II) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 5 flight crew technical debriefing. NASA conducted this debriefing between August 30, 1965, and September 2, 1965, at the Crew Quarters, Cape Kennedy, Florida. Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad described observing debris and “snow” and “all sorts of glittering pieces of this, that and the other thing” in the “Visual Sightings” section of the document (pages 157-220).
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110 ee1<Wl" Er4TIAL r eally impressed me. Cooper Here is where we did all t he photographing. Conrad Yes, that' s right . Here is where we photographed Australia one day. (Much Laughter) Cooper We were photographing the hell out of Australia coming right down across here. Then we thought , well , that ' s odd. Never had noticed that. Where is that island off here? Well , that does look kind of like Sumatra coming across there . And there is another big island and I thought , well , darn, I know there isn't another big island coming off there, and it was Borneo , and ~ here comes Austra l ia. Fortunately , we had the time on it, so somebody can go back thro·igh and reconst ruct wher e we really were . Conrad I was trying to find where we struck out Australi a and wrote down Palestine. Cooper Pal estine. Dear me. We had two cameraB going j ust as f ast a s they would click. You know, elicket y click click. Nobody had gotten aerial photographs of Australia before during the daylight . .Conrad Listen, I t a iLked to Paul Backer and he t old me the 16mm film came out great. So, maybe we got t he REP pi ctures , too . ,,.COMFfOtf
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