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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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219cQ ~~ Fl DDtTIAt McDivitt No, I don't have any comments. I think we logged the time and the weather along the route, such as it was, and we got all that into the book. 11. 2 ~!ic Terrain and Weather Photography (S-5 and S-6) McDivitt White McDivitt White I think we had a lot of unusual and significant subject matter, and it's all in the pictures. We had one camera that wouldn't wind the film too easily, but other equipment operated fine. We didn't get the data reviewed properly--too late. And we used the voice recorder as often as we could record. I don't believe we have all of this S-5 and S-6 photography recorded. I think ss we go over them, tho"Ugh; .the ones we didn't record will be pretty obvious . Yee, I think that those two experiments are really in the photographs. The Hasselblad camera operated fine except we had one magazine that didn't wind up too well, but it never did jam up completely. I guess that sort of covers it. Wouldn't you say, Ed? I would too. All the data that we got for it is recorded in our data book. Let's see Simple Navigation with the Sextant. Ha.! D-9. 11.3 Simple Navigation with the Sextant McDivitt I ~ we might as well cover it. .-,~~fJOa~TIAb
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