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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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90 8.8 Crew Station Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Cooper Conrad Okay, control s and displays, sequence telelights . The only comment I have on sequence t el elights is that the comp light on the comput~r is too bright. That 's right. We are going to have to have some way of iimming that or put some tape over it or something, because That 's a comment for GT-6 especially. Because when you are running it at night with the computer on for rendezvous, that comp light darn near blinds you. Yeah, it I s really bright . That needs a dim f eatur e on i t. The other sequential telelights that are in there are all dimable, or turnoffable . Say, there is one thing t hat we didn't t r y through. I wonder if that thing is on the bright-d im sequence We never did put the switch to dim. I never thought of it in 8 days eibher. I'll bet you it's on t he bright- dim circuit, but we never used that swit ch. We ' ve never had occassion to ever use t hat swit ch. You lmow we always check sequence l ights bright . So, that is what that check is f or . (laughter)Cooper
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