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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.
“Cairo”4 pages
pass I had a nice body of water . Th8 Dead Sea was a good l~cation, and actually the city itself was located at the end of the Mediterranean, so I felt that landmark-wise I had a pretty good tar get to track. I came in and the first target I picked up was Jaffa, and I was on it so well t hat I decided to go ahe n.d and track Jaffa. At f irst I had thought it was Tel- Aviv, and 1.1. few seconds later I relized tha-'; it wa.s the city 10 o:r. 20 mileo north of 'l'el- Aviv. The reaso:i. I picked it up so easily is because there was a little spi ~ of l i:i.nd t~1at jutted out into the water and it sat right in this little natural basin . I looked down and I saw Jaffa and I a0tually saw the 1ittl,~ round cir,:ul :1.r• airport in Jaffa , I also saw Tel- Aviv , and I saw the airport that I was really looking for, but I decided I 'd go aheaci. and track Jaff a and tak~ a few pictures of Jaffa as we went over. You ha1re to real i ze that I wasn ' t using a gunsight on my side , and I was also con t~olling the sp(v:..,,-~raft and firing the camera at the same time• So the tracking i.:;; probabl y a little rougher than it would. be f rom the left-h,md side . enIW't0f·MT1~~
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