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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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185co~~FIDEl'JTIAL or without the platform. It wasn't hard to orient. McDivitt I think that's probably true . I do think that this is a good scheme . I ' d like t o see us continue it on future spacecraft . White Yes. I ' d t ake it again if I had 11\Y druthers . What do you fe el about a bigger map? McDivitt I think for this kind of thing , this Crbit Navi gation C.1eck, the map and the over.1ay we hud were about the right size , but when we got around to looking for things on the ground , I t hought the maps and charts we had were pretty inadequate . I ' d like to see us get something with more detail on i t , just the way Ed says , and I think we will cover this in better detail when we get over to the Apollo Landmark thing. 9. 8 Relative Humidity Test McDivitt Another operational check that I 1d like to discuss at this time is the Relative Humidity Test tha t we did during the flight . All data is in the data book, but the t hing t hat I ' d like to say most of all is that the relative humidity was consider ably l ess than anyone had ever expected . The cabin temperature was less than anyone had ever expected, and although we were instructed to CO~~FIDE~~TIAL
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