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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).
12 • FCSD REP Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad FCSD REP Cooper Conrad with how nice a control system i t was. We made several maneuvers using this control Eystem and didn't have any gripes on that sys tem at all . As Gordo said we were really impressed wjth the Rate Command system. When you turned around 90 degr ees in crder to get rid of the REP, did you use the 8-ball ? Yes . FDI 's are on this Gimbal flip bus i ness too, you see . They do that in the trainer, but they were steady as a rock in the spacecraft . Yes, we used the FDI's for t he fi ne al ine . Al though to get there we used the 8- ball . We had trained to use the IVI ' s . That 's right. We used the IVI ' s , not t he FDI' s . We used t he I VI ' s as the real fine measure of being l i ned up . We used the FDI 's too . You can use anything in the spacecraft.
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