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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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199 White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White No. On the night when we were flying with that eclipse of the moon , I saw more stars than I ' ve ever seen in the sky. Yes, and as a matter of fact, I wouldn ' t doubt that we could go out here and fly tonight and see seventh order stars. I bet we could see lower than that . That ' s right . What I ' m leading up to say is that I don ' t think we could see as many stars i n orbit as we could flying around in an airplane at 40 or 45 000 feet . That ' s exactly my conclusion a.J:so . You could see down to the seventh order stars. Yes , and I think the reason for this is the coating on the windows, don't you? I think so. I felt like there was just a little shield of what I was really seeing. If we ' d just gotten that coating off , we'd have been in great shape . I also noticed a tremendous difference if I turned those lights off in the cockpit . It was just like turning those stars on on the outside , and I don ' t think we should take those red lights out . C¼MftDE~~TIAb
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