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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).
29 Cooper And stop your rate at the back . Conrad As a matter of fact, that's about twice the fuel usage . They may take this into account, I doubt it. They're very conservative on their estimates . Cooper Selector controls and switches were all right . Attitude controller was fine . Maneuver controllers . ( We had every intention of checking the right one and we never did check it because of other problems . Inflight malfunction irregularities we've already covered pretty well . Cooper Attitude Control Modes, Rate Command was excellent . Reentry Rate Command we never checked . Conrad I don't even think you need it . Cooper And I think it could be removed from the spacecraft as far as I ' m concerned . I never used or need it on the simulator . I never liked it. Conrad Pilots aren't going to tolerate these higher r ates . They will damp before these rates are reached. Cooper Direct is a good mode. There ' s nothing at all wrong with Direct . I thought it was much crisper, much crisper in the spacecraft than in the simulator
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