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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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156 Conrad One day we went past El Paso and the lighting con ditions were just right. You really coul d s ee the individual s treets in El Paso . You could distinguish the streets but this wasn't always true. The l ight ing conditions had to be right. One day we made a pass over the United States and I could 3ee the str eets, the airports, the lakes and eve:ry princi- ple town across the United States all on one orbit . We started at Los Angel es, went to Phoenix to Tucson, Abilene , White Sands , El Paso-- Cooper You coul d see the details down there in Jlear Lake - Taylor Lake area--like you were flying over coming in to land. Conrad Dallas, Nashville , Memphis- Cooper It was clear as a bell , Conrad And when we went right out at Savannah and we were · looking right down the pipe at Jacksonville , Florida. You coul d see the bridges and the St . Johns R~ver and everything. Cooper When we came o~er. t~e Ca~e here you could see every one of the launch pads . Conrad I should have two 70-mm photographs. I guarantee you that I got a 70-mm photograph of the Cape one day l ike nobody ever took before. If i t came out , eet>tfl0 ENTIM •
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