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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).
203 reason like right here, suit fans 1 and 2--I made a mark out to the side, "faceplate closed", so we would go back and pick them up later. You've got to do it that way. That's all there is to it. It sure did make it easy. Cooper Very briefly we would like to cover post-landing. First of all, we had ideal conditions. It was early morning, the air was cool out on the water. The wave condition was, at the worst, 2 to 3 feet easy swells. Almost calm conditions, low wind. Conrad Let me add one thing on that. We sat there for 4 or 5 minutes in these 2 or 3 foot waves, and every once in a while a wave would wash over the top of the spacecraft. I think you want to be real careful, and I still say-- Cooper Not over the top, but they could wash into your window. Conrad Right over the window. Cooper Your window was the down window. Conrad But it looked like it would roll up on your window. Cooper That's right. That is a good point. C9:HFIDE~~t1Ab
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