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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).
77 Cooper Yes , I pulled my ear plug and put the ear plug right in the bottom of my ear where it was barely hanging there and I could hear anybody calling then . Then I put the plug back in. I thought the quality of the communication.ewas really, as far as we were concerned, in the air a:n:yway, was excellent. Conrad Our beacons worked satisfactorily both adapter and reentry, C band beacons most of the time they were in the command position, the people used them as they wanted them. Cooper Let's see, the s l eep configuration, we covered that , yes, that worked fine . Conrad Antenna selection. I went to adapter and I really couldn't tell much different and then we decided we would go back to the check off list which called for reentry. Oh, I know how I got in adapter position. Cooper Somebody asked you .. . . Oh, it was that test. Conrad Yes, it was the UHF test that we pulled and we were switching from reentry to adapter, from reentry to adapter, and I finally left it at adapter one time and the thing was working just great as far as I could tell . Cooper Yes , it was there for a day or so. Cooper Yes, it was there for a day or so. I really
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