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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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139 White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt of the flight. we had the darned OAMS thrusters going so much-- BANt-, BANG , BANG , BANG , BANG! I was just too hot some of the time . Yes . Early in the flight the ammonia fumes kept me awake . The first time I tried to go to sleep they kept me awake . I don't even lmow if they kept me awake . I really noticed it then . I think we really need a s leep period longer than the four-hour s l eep period. First of all we always fooled around and never really got the sleep that we wanted . If we had gotten a four-hour sleep period everytime it was scheduled, we would have been in great shape . I think we ought to schedule a longer one on the order of six hours . Ed and I talked about this earlier . What I suggested is that we schedule four six-hour sleep periods ,if there aren't a lot of experiments that have to be done together . Where two of these sleep periods come together, you can make that a dual awake time so that the people could be up. As a matter of fac~ you could modify it in such a way that if you
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