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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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Conrad platform mode should work very well. There's no reason why it shouldn't work very well and I just can't help but believe it was probably in the OAMS system. 8. I would strongly recommend unsnapable legs on a harness like a regular aircraft parachute harness with adjustable buckle-snap combination things rather than the custom made harness that we have. I think they would be much more usuable for flight. 9 , The cabin temperature gage failed-- came back in the fifth day for one day and then went back out again. 10 . We did not use the polaroid window covers for launch so we don't know how they will evaluate holding on for launch. However, they worked out extreme~y well for flight. 11. Rest cycles are not observed. Too many little things keep getting thrown in that require two people. 12 . The PC02 gage was very irratic. It kept coming up and indicating PC02 up around 1 mm and it did that for a while and then ba ck down. And, 13. Tape recorder quit some time during the fifth day. That's about it. We had a couple here--l et ' s see , di d we get the thing about cabin lights getting hot? And melting paint? Cooper The -l~iugh ! hey will burn your
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