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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).
18 I could. I didn 't think we were in that much trouble for electrical power. I still think it was a mi stake be cause I think even with a couple of blankets out, if we'd have kept the ,3ystem warm wi th the rest of the heaters, we'd have never froze them up. Cooper 'llie thrusters themselves were actually ·vorki ng because you could actually get a glow off of them. There was a little bi t of fuel or oxidiier coming out of it and burning , but it wasn't getting the proper amount of mi xture ratio. Conrad Now, they could have been dirty. That :ould be it, but it was purely in the valves i n the thrusters themselves because they were putting out thrust even at the end. I f you wanted to hold it i n full D:Lrect wi th 7 and 8 circuit breaker e ngs.ged , you were getting wet f uel thrust. Cooper Yes . You were getti ng a little wet thr~st. Conrad let's go into how the whole thing occurred. We had shut the heat er down a long time ago and we really hadn't agreed wi th that, but there wasn't much we could do about it. We were i n the mi ddle
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