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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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I 135 conditions were again fairly late-in- the-afternoon type light conditions, but they were good enough . don't think this lake was nearly as distinctive however, as the Lago de Winemarga . I don't think you can trust these shallow water lakes as being that definitive in that they may change a little on you and won ' t show up as good , particularly f r om higher altitudes I don't believe, as the deeper water lake perhaps . And the next one , let ' s see, as to time--days and times-- first of all , I was skipping that, day 2, 21 hours 45 minutes 39 sec onds was Sequence 212 which I covered, Sequence 213 which we just covered was day 3 , 21 hours 38 minutes and 2 seconds; these were all made at -- 212 was made at 1/250 at f/8 because of the quite low light value, and Sequence 213 was made at 1/250 at 9.5 and then one at f /8 , because here again, it was a fairly low l ight level. They were all made at fairly near 90° pitch down. Sequence 207 was made by day 5 , 7 hours 14 minutes 27 seconds. I made two pictures there. 57 and 58 are magazine 4, 1/250 at 9 . 5 and approximately 70° pitch down and 30 to 50° yaw. These were yawed off at some slight angle . And 207 was Canary Islands and it was the southern point •
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