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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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172 rates . We used the Direct Control Mode . It ' s just pretty straightforward . It ' s identical to the simulator . We didn ' t learn anything new from this check except tha t the s imulator was indeed correct . Do you have anything to add ? White No . Tha t it was pretty straightforward . 9.4 Horizon Scanner Track Check McDivitt Hori zon Scanner Track Check is next . The horizon scanner ignore light came on as expected except t he attitude band ~hrough which the horizon scanner operated was considerably broader than we had e xpected . The scanner ignore light went off again at the proper attitud8 , considering the f ac t that the scanner ignore circui t keeps the scanner ignore light on 7 seconds after the scanner has relocked . So , we always had the scanner ignore light go out at a different attitude than where it came on because of the fixed rates we were using. We went through the zero bank angle,pitch-up and pitch- down . We went through the zero pitch,bank-left and bank r ight . We then got to the r0E -..,ith pi tch,i.ng. Here , I only banked to t he right and pitched up and down . I didn ' t bank t o the left and pitch- up
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