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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.
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125 White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White White there. We never did get them back there. There was no possibility to put them back there once we filled it up . Yes, but even if we wanted to, I don't think there was any big desire to put them back there. It would have been nice to stretch but that's just about all . That would have been from time to time. That's right . I found that actually the thing that I appreciated the most was having a lower seat so I could actu ally stretch my legs out forward than actually behind and bending my knees. Yes, I was more interested in straight"ening my legs out than bending them back more . I couldn ' t have done that if they hadn ' t corrected that seat. I was able to get in and use the stow age in the refuse box on my side fairly easily. This is the rubber covered box. Jim said his wasn ' t quite as easy to get into . I had to get into a certain position to get back there, but it sure surprised me. I thought it would be just about useless.
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