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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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218 GO~~ FIDE~~ TfAL McDivitt White McDivitt White required. We should have it all . On the firs t three runs the event indicator wasn't used, be cause I was having trouble with the Hasselblad shutter working properly in conjunction with the event indicator . About 11 : 19, I got the event indicator working all right, and the rest of them were run pretty well. The early runs were taken pretty much in night conditions . I doubt if much will come out on that one . The .next one, at 11:09 ,was taken with the sun right on the horizon , right into the camera, so I doubt if that one will be too much more than a big washed-out mess . The rest of them were all taken with the horizon in the proper position and utilizing the ring sight. The last part of the experiment was interrupted by the Horizon Scanner Tests . In other words, we didn't get to the sunset . I think actually the sunset would have been one more series of pictures . I would think so . Okay. I guess that's all for MSC-10 . Okay . Do you have any comments on that?
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