Gemini V audio recorded at Carnarvon

Gemini V audio – recorded at Carnarvon

21-29 August 1965.

Command Pilot – Gordon Cooper
Pilot – Pete Conrad
Carnarvon Capcom – Chuck Lewis

Gemini V Carnarvon Capcom Chuck Lewis (right) revisited Carnarvon in 1966 for NS2 (Network Simulation 2). He is seen here with Station Director Lewis Wainwright.

From a frame of 16mm Department of Supply footage.

Gemini V audio as recorded at Carnarvon
Hamish Lindsay (who manned the Voice Receivers at Carnarvon) preserved this 1/4 inch audio tape. It was digitised by Colin Mackellar in May 2013. The audio files of each pass are unaltered, however periods of silence between passes have been removed or reduced.
File	GET (hhh:mm:ss)	Comments
File 1 2.8MB	Undetermined	Beginning of first pass? Capcom Chuck Lewis speaks with the Assistant Flight Director and with Flight Director Chris Kraft (“Red Leader” at 27 seconds).
File 2 3.2MB	000:50:18	First pass. Pete Conrad says hello to his friends at 1:50 into the file.
File 3 685kb	002:31:12	Conrad discusses the Radar Evaluation Pod.
File 4 1.5MB	004:01:00	Fuel cell readouts, REP about 2,000 feet away.
File 5 2MB	005:35:29	Fuel cell readouts.
File 6 690kb	020:00:06	Rev 12?
File 7 800kb	020:05:10	30 second break after previous track. Includes Surgeon encouraging the crew to get more sleep. Conrad: “We’re trying to, but you guys keep giving us something to do.”
File 8 1.9MB	021:35:47	Rev 13. Capcom reports visual sighting of the spacecraft. Pete Conrad reports he can see Carnarvon and Perth, but not Geraldton, which seems to be under cloud.
File 9 3.1MB	069:16:30	Surgeon asks for food and sleep report; Discussion on suit temperatures; Chuck Lewis reports on a sighting of the booster, and breakfast at the Port Hotel. Pete Conrad sends his best to all his friends at Carnarvon.
File 10 2.1MB	093:06:53	Surgeon; Capcom reports visual contact on spacecraft. Conrad reports they are tumbling. Capcom confirms the FPQ-6 is having a little trouble locking on to the C-Band beacon.
File 11 2.9MB	139:12:26	First attempt with the Visual Acuity Experiment. Although the visiblity is excellent, due to spacecraft attitude, only the accompanying smoke is seen. Mention of the swimming pool at the Port Hotel.
File 12 1MB	145:30:00	Capcom calls GT5 on HF. Brief exchange.

Chuck Lewis (left) back at Carnarvon for NS2 (Network Simulation 2) at the newly-installed Carnarvon Apollo console in 1966.

He is with Terry Kierans and Ken Lee (right, who was learning Apollo procedures in preparation for the opening of Honeysuckle Creek).

This is a frame from the Goddard Space Flight Center film “The Vital Link” (the Carnarvon clip starts 18:35 into the film).