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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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128 ..@@:t 4FID it tTls-tt~ was , it was so blas ted quiet in there that when something did click or snap or that was not cyclic in nature that you got used to it woke you up just like that . And as Gordo says , turning the pages i n a book , or he ' d reach over and pull something off the Velcro , jus t a little food package and just that little zip of the Velcro sounded like it was magnified in ther e cause it was so blasted quiet in the spacecraft . He couldn ' t talk in the micro phone without me hearing it . Cooper I tri ed actually cupping my hands and talking into my mike here so I could make as little n)ise as poss ible . Conrad And I tried it too . We would wake each )ther up . So our recommendation - I ' m sure the spa~ecraft is safe. You may want to look at something - I really don ' t think you need this, but I think it should be looked at f r om an engineering point of view - what would - what are the catastrophic things that could bother you i f you were both asleep that ·,,rould need somewhat of a warning to wake you up and I real l y don ' t think you need any myself . Cooper I don ' t either . Conrad But I think that the spacecr aft - and we felt that
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