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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.
126 McDivitt White White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt Well, I got things out of it . I got a defecation bag out one time and I got another little bag out . I don't know what else I had back there . The right hand box with the clamp l ock was easy to get in and out of . I stored things from time to time in there . Yes, I found that the most useful storage area that I had was the right-hand little velcro cov ered container right down by my right knee . I kept all the slides for the cameras and the mis cellaneous little pieces of equipment in it . I felt that was a very useful container. Is that the one with the canvas cover on it? Yes, I really used that one . Yes, that was pretty nice. The periscope container I didn't use much at all . I really didn't need to use it. I kept the blood pressure adapter in it throughout the whole flight. The left-h8Jld aft food box actually had food in it. It was pretty difficult to get the first piece out . It was a long hard struggle, but I finally got one piece out. Once I got one piece out~the rest of it was a real snap. They had the cbN~?fA!t
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