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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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148 eOt ◄ Fll'f fqTIJ(t .. 14° left . We did an 02+15+21+19 , sequence 02 , and the angles were 0°, roll left 132° , 0°, and they were done as advertized . FCSD Rep How about any updating on that? Conrad No , they just sent i t up and said to do it , and these were the angles they wanted . They set this up for us to do. 9,5 Thruster Illuminati on Checks Conrad Never did it . We were supposed to do it the beginn ing of the first night or something like that , and it was in a sleep period time and we were tired and we didn ' t do it . After that, we got into either a power down or drifting situation where we were un able to do it, so it was never done during the flight . 9.6 Dual Command Transmi tter Test Conrad That was never done. That had to do with the REP too, if I remember right. I think it was DCS light r esets . I think what they were trying to do was to f i nd out if our radar was on. They sent DCS commartds and we were transmitting or something--what could happen--We never got into that test . 9,7 Radar Tests Conrad Okay, Test 2, short range, boresight spacecraft on REP, no problem. We never got time to get into the 00►4 FtDffi~TlA! •
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