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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).
; CAts4flOEt!!IIAb TABLE OF CONTENTS Paragraph Page number 8 . 0 SYSTEMS OPERATION 8 . 1 Pla t f o:rm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • • 1 8 . 2 O.AMS •• ..... . ....... . . . ......... . . . .....• .. •. •• ••••• 16 8 . 3 RCS •....... . .. • ....•..... . . •. .••. .. .... . • .•••••• • • • 47 8 . 4 Environmen t a l Control System ·•· •·• ··•·••· · ··•••••• • 54 8 , 5 Comm.1.lllications .... . . .. ............... . .. . ...••••••• 66 8 . 6 Electrica l Sys tem ... . ... . ......................... . 80 8 . 7 Computer ..... . .. . ... ... ......... . ........ . .. . . . ... . 82 8 . 8 Cr ew Sta tion .................. .... ................. 90 9 , 0 OPERATIONAL CHECKS 9.1 Apollo Landmark Identifica tion • ••• • ·••·••·•••• • •• · 132 9. 2 Cabin Lighting Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . . • . • . • • 146 9. 3 SPADATS Tra cking Check . .. . .. . .. . . .. . . . . .. • .. • • . . .. 147 9. 4 UHF Antenna Pattern Test ..... .. . .. .. . .....••.•.••. 147 9. 5 Thrus ter Illuminat ion Checks ........... . . •....•••• 148 9. 6 Dual Command Transmitter Tes t ....... . .. .... ...••• • 148 9. 7 Radar Test s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • • . 148 9. 8 ID1 Eva llla.tion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • . • . 150 10. 0 VISUAL SIGHTINGS 10 . 1 Powered Fl ight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 10 . 2 Orbital Flight ...... . ... . ....... . .... .. ....•• . .• . . 153 10 . 3 Reentcy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 11.0 EXPERIMENTS 11 . 1 Visual Definition of Celesti al Objects (D- 1) , Nearby Object Photography (D- 2) , and Terres t rial Features (D- 6) ••···· • ·•·• •· ··• · • •• · • · ··• •••• •• •• • · 210 11. 2 Cel estia l , Space and Terrestria l Ra diometry ..•.••• 222 11. 3 Synoptic Ter r a in (S- 5) and Wea ther (S- 6) . J?rl.otography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . • • • • • • • • 228 11 . 4 Visual Acuity and Astronaut Visibi lity (S-8/D- 13) and Vision Test (M- 9) .......... .. ..... . ......... . . 233 11. 5 Electros tati c Charge (MSC-1 ) .......... •• . . •.•• • •• • 242 11 . 6 Zodiacal Li ght Photography (S- 1) .... .. .......• •• .• 243 11. 7 In- flight Exer ciser (M- 3) ........... . .... . ........ 243 11. 8 In- f l i ght Phonocardio gram (M- 4) ••••··•••••••· • ··•• 244 11. 9 Cardiovascular Refl ex Conditioning (M- 1) . •••••••• • 244 11. 10 Cloud Top Spectrometer (S- 7) •·•••••··•••·•• • ••· ••• 246 11. 11 Miscel laneous ............. . . . ... . .•...... . ...••••• 248
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