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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.
12 White McDivitt White McDivitt McDivitt I couldn ' t get the yaw . We had a circui t breaker off. Finally , after you did that a couple of times I looked up and saw we had knocked a circuit breaker off. That was one thing that we didn't cover in EVA that I should have mentioned . Ed was a real hazar d to the switch positions in that he was all over with his feet, arms , and hands - - . I don't think I threw any though . Did I? Come on now. You ' re not guilty until you ' re convic ted . I don ' t know . You kept putting your foot on the HF Reentry Antenna Switch and stepping on it . Ha . Ha . Ha . As for the att i tude control modes--I mentioned the Rate Command in OAMS seemed to be tighter than the Rate Command i n RCS , a l though t hey use the same electroni cs, the same gyros , and the i,,rhole thing . It might ha.ve just been my imagination, but I felt that the Rate Command system in RCS was a lot looser than it was in OAMS . The Reentry Rate Command operated just the way it should . It had a 4 degree dea dband , and handled the spacecra ft very well during reentry . Direct had a lot more a uthor ity than I thought it would, but it was
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