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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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184 Cooper Wel l, I don't know . You could do it on the ball . I t hink if I had my choice between ball and rate needles I ' d rather have the ball . Conrad Would you really? I'd rather have the rat e needles, I think, because I could understand them even with this crazy sensation ; where I might try to int erpret the But , you see, Cooper But , you see , our rat e needles never ven-;ured off the middle . We never go t a rate on the :rate needles . Conrad Yes , well that ' s fine. Then you know yo·11 re staying right where you want to be. Cooper And the ball--to me the ball i s the real good i ndicator. If you keep your rates down ·;o zero you still coul d actually get off slightly in attitude and still have almost, you know , essentially negligible rat es . Conrad I t hink the point is it, it ' s pretty comforting to have a whole bag of instruments . Cooper Ye s , i t sure is . Conrad I ' m not saying i t can' t be done, but rea lly there was no sweat on night ret rofire. Gordo ' s ri15ht about that. I mean, we went through that, turned the lights up bright-- matter of fact, it's just likn you're back in t he si mulator. ~lrl9i •
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