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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).
8 ~NftDE~~TIAt·,_ Cooper I think either way (SEF, BEF) is good, both worked very a dequately and it just depends on which way you want to aline for what you ' re going to do . BEF is certainl y a t least as acceptable as SEF. ORBIT RATE was not bad off a t all . We didn't have any l arge errors in it due to t he f a ct that we had more nearly circulari zed our oroit from t he burns that we did . Conrad We were about at 171- 60 at that time p <=:riod . I don't know what t hey ha d picked as an orbit rate number at the end finally for the REP . Cooper We were about 107, 166 . Conrad Yes . I was really surprised with how ,..,ell the platform stayed on after just t aking a quick look at zero- zero- zero, not even trying to ali ne these. We j ust passed freely through this in dr ifting flight and uncaged the platform right into Or bit Rate, and it didn't get off five or ten degrees in any of the three axis . Cooper For about 20 hours . 'i0 ►~FIDE ►~TIAL
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