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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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153 ~Qt~OOit IIIAI? = whipping a long at 17 , 000 miles an hour or so and I looked out and here's that washer floating right in front of my window. It sat out there and floated around a while. I pointed it out to Pete and he got over and looked at it and it floated on around and finally it ·just was drifting on off. Finally it disappeared. And about an hour l ater a bolt came off. 10 2 Orbital Flight Conrad We didn't see our own booster. We were too busy. We started the flight plan right away and we never turned around to look at it. Cooper We never turned around to look at it. Conrad We sure as heck saw the REP. Cooper We saw the REP and saw the REP and saw the REP. Conrad We saw the REP bl anket too. Cooper The REP blanket, I think we mentioned before, but the REP bl anket someway or other got between us and the REP. This means that the REP either went through it or tumbled over it, because the blanket was be tween us and the REP. Man-made objects in orbit. Let's see booster, REP-- Conrad Okay, now that satellite-- Cooper Satellites. We never saw any of the scheduled ones.
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