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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).
243f check and I didn't record the time that it was turned off , but I turned on again -- but I ' m sure it ' s on the tape somewhere.- So much for the MSC- 1. 11.6 Zodia,5e.l Light Photc--gra.:phy (s 1) Conrad Why don't you give them the word on that. Cooper Equipment set up and usage - - we didn ' t have any problems in sett ing up the camera - - all set to go by the procedure that we developed for using the Southern Cross and pointing up towards Alpha and Beta Centaurus with the top part of the reticle worked out all right . We don ' t know yet what kind of data we got , but we followed the pre-agreed method for where we put the reticle and for turning the camera on and how long it was held on there and then proceeded on around to Gruis , pointing up towards Fomalhaut and held on there and we didn't thrust any during the film . I think there was one film sequence we had to - - we still were doing a little thrusting to get into attitude on one of the longer observations and we recorded this on the recorder and should be on there as to the times and everything. 11 . 7 Inflight Exerciser (M-3} ' We used it extensively for both medical passes and
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