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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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155ESt◄ fJtlDEt◄ TIA f rivers, lakes, oceans-- Conrad I think all of that will come out in the experiments too . We saw all kinds - Cooper Towns, airports, railroads, roads, and all that stuff . Conrad .Airplanes. Cooper Airp-lanes . Conrad .Anything you say, we saw at least one each. Cooper I finally saw one and I nearly busted my rear end doing it. Conrad I saw the carrier. I saw an airliner. I saw con trails. I saw individual houses up in Tibet. One thing I didn't see for Gordo was a car. Cooper I couldn't find him a car. He was sitting over there asleep. I turned on the whole control system and turned around to show him one. This was the only one I could find during the whole stinking l ousy trip . Conrad We saw just about anything you would expect us to see. Cooper But there again I think you've got to have the con trol system to point where you have your windows right to make sightings . You just can't catch them in drifting flight . ee~~flOEt'ITIAL
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