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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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210 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White CQ~ ◄ FIDEt~TIAL No, not at all. There were a few pieces that came around from it, but not as much as there was at spacecraft separ ation after insertion . Did you see anything? No . I didn ' t see anything off the adapter . All right . The equipment adapter. I just saw it off of the retro adapter. Why don't you go to retrofire then? Okay. Do you have anything else on the adapter s epar ation? No , I don't think so. I was impressed with the cleanness in the feel , and I didn ' t even want to look around . I just happened to be looking over at Jim ' s window at that time , and , as I said, I could see pieces go around , and I could especially see pieces to this side. What I saw looked like a mount with two round things on it . I had been briefed on this thing by John Young and he said it looked like two pump packages . So, I said it looked l i ke two pump packages , too . Looked like just what I expected it to . And there was lots of debris around it as it whistled.
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