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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).
16 Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper 8. 2 OAMS Cooper Cooper •i Q:Mf~Cf1stI IAla .. Platform controls were very straight fc,rward. I thought they all functioned as expected. The Platform took the full 25 minutes to go through the fast heat, and the first time on it was really cold and took another 3 minutes worth before start of the Cage Cycle. After that, it seemed to stick right around 25 minutes to get the platform up and on the line and start into Cage . Right now, I've got extreme confidence in that Platform. I really think it does well. '.Ihe platform did an outstanding job during the entire flight. I t sure did. We fired the OAMS on the pad and it was mushy. You couldn't hear them fire just gas mainly, About the third round of firings however, you could really feel them fire off, they were all good. During flight the OAMS started out very good and in about the third day began to degrade. ~:he f i fth day
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