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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.
129 White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt We both have an interesting item on this . Well , I emptied mine out all the way , but I think you enter ed with it full of trash . I reentered with that bag full of trash and it didn't tear off . It was in pretty good shape . It was light-weight trash . Papers and things like that . I have a comment on the other little trash bag , I never used it . Neither did I . I would get them out and I did not even know where they were . Yes , I think it ' s just too small . Yes , it ' s just too small and I think that Volks wagen pouch can be improved upon . I think both right and left canvas storage bags we~e very adequate and should be continued . I think i t's satisfactory just the way it is . They could make the -Velcro strips on it a little longer 8Jld the Velcro strips attached to the spacecraft a little longer so that it didn ' t have the big curls on the edge . It tended to curl i n and make an opening. I never could get the thing '2
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