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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).
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299 hear over the net . . . the reentry sims are more im portant ...because it~s a more coordinated effort between you and the ground , and I'm convinced that for any rendezvous situations that some net sims have to be--be run... 14. 16 Zero "G" Flights Cooper Yes , well , okay, zero g flights, ... I ' m not real ly sure just what value you get out of zero g f l ights. Conrad Wel l , I l earned one thing, it was the only oppor tunity that I had before the flight to get--even though it was a bunny suit at the time , a pressure suit up there in zero g and get some idea-- opening and cl osing it which we did many times in the flight and so forth ...And I think we both learned a little something there. I would say now I've done zero g in the airplanes and I ' ve done it in the spacecraft~ and if I f l y again I certainly don't need to go back and do any zero g work again. Cooper I really-- Conrad As far as Gemini is concerned. Cooper I reall y didn't-- FCSD Rep Conrad Oh , Oh, well that ' s a different story, yes . Wel l, we did do EVA's ...but if I was going to do something €0PltFt018'fTl!Ar
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