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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).
282 see what the actual time difference ws.s. Maybe it was just us. Conrad They can ring that out real easy. We can improve the reentry on the simulator a little bit, it's different in this respect. Cooper Okay, Crew Station. I have the same C)mment that I made after Mercury on that . I think t::lat it is just t oo bad that we can ' t have horizontal 3imulators be cause that is exactly the way you are :in orbit. You are not laying on your back, you are ~1 a horizontal configuration. If your simulator ran horizontal you would be standing just like you would be in orbit. Orientation is entirely different. Conrad I compliment the Gemini crew station on the layout of t he para.meters that are displayed to you. I feel that there are some other para.meters that I would like to have seen displayed in the spacecraft throughout the fl ight . As an example, I ha te to rely on the ground for radiator temperatures or have them call me to heat up a cooling loop. That type of thing is an onboard function. It is very nice that the ground monitors and takes care of you. The spacecraft was extremely well layed out , and as we thought in the simulator it turned out to be true in flight .
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