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This is a preliminary transcript of the Gemini V (GT-5) flight crew debriefing, prepared by NASA's Spacecraft Operations Branch, Flight Crew Support Division, and dated September 1, 1965. It records Cooper and Conrad's operational account from the debriefing held August 30 to September 1, 1965 at Cape Kennedy. Topics include countdown, window fogging, POGO vibration, fairing jettison debris, radio loss, reentry and recovery. Visual sightings are left for a later part of the debriefing.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: August 2 - September 2, 1965, Cape Kennedy, Florida. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part I) 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.
( OhJFt0! 35 Conrad Twice . The big problem was having you unhitch the straps on my suit . Cooper That ' s right . With the cables to go over the harness . Conrad The harness--the easiest thing was getting in the legs . That was no problem at all . Cooper Yeah. Conrad Where I needed help was getting over my shoulder and getting the straps on the suit hitched back up again, which is a two man operation. Cooper Well , my point is that for normal wearing around the pad area or wearing around when your suited and every thing, you ' d be much more comfortable if you could have those straps loose where they ' re not gouging you in the legs , Conrad Yes , well-- Oh, I agree. Cooper Or where you had adjustments on them . ... Conrad . .. adjustments see-- Cooper Okay, well . Conrad Where you coul d make the legstraps loose but you' d never disconnec t them so you don ' t have free floating straps around t here . It was no big problem .... Cooper My suggestion would be to have them exactly like you did in a parachute harness . You have the leg adjust-
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