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This is a preliminary transcript of Part II of the Gemini 4 (GT-4) flight crew debriefing, prepared by NASA's Spacecraft Operations Branch, Flight Crew Support Division, and dated June 18, 1965. The debriefing began aboard the recovery ship USS Wasp and ended at the Manned Spacecraft Center. In it, astronauts McDivitt and White discuss how the spacecraft systems performed, including the platform, OAMS, RCS and control modes. They also cover operational checks, visual sightings, experiments, mission planning and training, and give recommendations for future crews.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: 6/9/65, North Atlantic Ocean. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part II) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 4 flight crew debriefing taken aboard the recovery ship, USS Wasp, on June 9, 1965. Part II of this document contains the “Visual Sightings” section of the debriefing (pages 196-224), where astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White describe their observations while aboard the spacecraft.
98 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White could make the readings . I think you could put spot lights in there and not get by that prob lem. That's exactly what I was going to say . Lights aren't going to solve that problem . No, it's just plain bright outside. When you look back in, even though you have your lights on, it's fairly dark inside . I personally wasn ' t troubled by this very many times during the flight . Were you , Jim? No, I wasn ' t. I didn't feel that was too bad . S~ actually, I felt that the lighting , although not abundant , was adequate. I think the actual light ing of the instruments would certainly be nicer if we had individual instruments lit up. Oh, ene thing - several times I would like to have had a flash Eght in there, something where I could direct a real beam of light. The little side light& I thought, were close to being useless . I didn' t use my little side light, the auxiliary light , very much at all. As a matter of fact , I didn ' t either . Very seldom . I think that if we're going to have •Gl>J~LOiMIWs.
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