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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).
93 Cooper Rate of descent - - you know, I even forgot to look at the rate of descent . Conrad Well, we didn ' t even worry about it. When the chute Cooper When the main chute opened as good as i t did -- Conrad -- out there, t hat we both watched the main chut e and I saw the water coming at the corner of t he window -- Cooper I didn't even think t o look at the rat e of descent . I knew it was good. Conrad Yeah, we didn ' t have a:ny reason to look at it. Cooper I forgot about t hat . Conrad No, we got busy doing a check there, too. Cooper Well, we were also having a couple of radio calls in there and it was int errupting -- Conrad Yeah, radio calls , and we knew the chute was good, and there wasn't a:ny reason to look at it . Cooper I ' m sure the rate of descent worked all right . Cooper Accelerometer i t seemed t o wcr k, f ine. Conrad We 'll look at it the next time . Cooper Yeah, okay. 1 111 make a not e. Cooper The accelerometer worked fine . The switches and circuit breaker panel s -- Conrad I t's still extremely easy to knock off a:ny circuit breakers --
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