Gemini 5 Technical Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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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I did get the moon measurements. I did get one
mi ssile measurement. I did get one volcano
measurement. I did not get the sun measurements .
We were in drifting flight then and we never
drifted into the sun. The equipment tape recorder
shoul d have had by my calculations, which were
generous and I think there was probably more left
on it than I had calculated, 12 minutes and
40 seconds worth of record time left on it .
This says we recorded some 41 minutes worth of
data. The voice recorder was used until it
broke down. The flight control proced~res were
straightforward and we did most of our tracking
with the reticle. I ran the equipment.
FCSD REP Did missile coordination turn out okay:
Conrad It couldn't have been better.
11.3 Synoptic Terrain
and Weather Photography
Conrad I could sum up this synoptic terrain photography.
We have over three hundred photographs. I'm just
saying that I think we got some tremendous
geological shots. I think we got some great
weather shots. I can't say anything al>out it
until I see the pictures. We've got them all