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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.
“Mission Control”5 pages
104 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt It wouldn't be something you ' d use very often. I'll tell you what it all is,though. When you want it, you want something that you can see . You just can ' t see with those things at all . I don ' t particularly understand what the interior and exterior lights mean . Do you? I think the exterior lighting is probably the lighting that could probably be used for docking . We didn't have any exterior lights. I thought the intensity control of the lights was an absolute necessity and I think it was satis factory. I think the fingertip lights are quite useful , and were commented on already. They should have the Lexan covers, and we've also commented that they should be located between the finger tip and the first joint. The onboard data--now here we come to a very useful piece of equipment. Ha , ha! I believe I made a considerate effort three times to update that thing, and I never got up with it any one of those times . We had three positions on our flight plan strip. We had launch,the first five minutes-- ·t'he next time I tried to get it was 23 hours. The next
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