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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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133 McDivitt White McDi vitt White McDivitt White I found that the tissues that we car ried in the little containers were very satisfact ory for the purpose . I think they can leave the paper out of those bags and provide us with adequate tissues. Whil e we ' re talking about these tissues , let ' s go into the container . That 's right . The container . Yes, the container failed . Both of them failed in a similar manner . We had tissues just loose . They were tucked in around the spacecraft . The zippers that went around these tissue bag holders ripped out completely. Actually they just separated- almost immediately, as soon as we took them out of the bag. And both in a similar manner right off the bat . So we had a bunch of tissues that were not con tained in anything. I think the containers were ver:y good containers . The method of dispensing would be fine , but they a l l fell out the side . That ' s the way I used mine for the rest of the time . I used those tissues for all kinds of things . I cleaned my window with them . I cleaned the camera lenses with them . I
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