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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.
128 White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt McDivitt thing that we had put on that spacecraft were those little pouches. Yes, I think the pouch could even be made a little bit bigger. I think it could, too. Then it could receive a little bigger item and perhaps have a little more volume that it could expand out to., I think that it was a very useful item. We used that as storage area more than any other. That's right. I used the long khaki refuse bag on the side for various things, but the· main thing I use it f or , once_we got the flight going,was a refuse ca... I would put all my refuse in there until I got a full container of it. Then I would package it up and put it back in the right .1.a.nd box. I thought it was very useful . . I used it for all kinds of things. I stored your Mae West in it, and I had some of the camera equipment in it when we were doing EVA . When I got all the good pieces fished out of it, I finally started putting trash in it.
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