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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.
102 McDivitt White switches and lmow where they're supposed to be, you can make sure they ' re located properly and on the proper indication, but I can't read anything down in that area at night. The lighting is very poor in that area. One thing that I'd like to comment on here a little bit is that ~ amber light that I insisted that they put on the Preheat-Flush switch over back of the water management panel . I felt it came in real handy. Two times during the course of the flight I left the Preheat switch on after I flushed it for short periods of time to make sure we didn't have any ice left in the lines . I did it on every occasion, but two times the thing that called my attention to the fact that I still had the thing on , was the fact I could see that orange light-amber light-shining up be tween the food box and the front of the spacecraft . I could tell that I had another light on in the back. And so I think the left panel, center panel , right panel, pedestal, and console are not lit abundantly, but are lit what I ' d call adequately and perhaps
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