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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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202 White McDivitt McDivitt White was right over land and was considerably closer to us than the horizon was . It was, maybe, half- way between us and the horizon. I got the impression that it was a lot closer to us and it was definitely not in the airglow layer. Both times I had this impression . It l ooked like it was coming up out of some clouds . I could see the clouds down on the ground, and I had the impression that this was coming out of them , but it only got to an altitude of maybe half of ours. That would be up to 50 or 60 miles . This is the impression I got . I took some pictures of it too, didn't I? I had the feeling that the first time you took it you had the wrong setting. You had about 250· at an f11. I don't know what you did the second time. I don't remember, either. This thing was in motion, too . It wasn ' t a stationary thing. It continued to move the way the lights on neon signs do. It was wiggling back and forth . When it came around over toward my side it was .,to me, closer to the horizon, and it looked more <!tlP-ifFIDE ►~TtAt ~
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