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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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224 McDivitt White perhaps they are so closely matched that it really didn't make too much,.- difference . Yes, I did most of mine with the clear one. For the runs in the Air Force portion , I found out that the stars had too big of an angle between the star and the horizon. To actually follow the format, for the runs as given , turned out to be too difficult . We did make runs on stars and horizons if we took the time on it and took the measurements . It seemed like the angle was fairly well limited between 20 and 25 degrees. This was due to the limited maneuver capability impos ed upon us and the lack of having enough window space . If you get behind the sextant, behind the window, and try to make a measurement, you might be able to theoretically measure something out to 50 to 60 degrees . Theoretically , this may be possible, but you must can ' t get yourself up above the console circuit breaker panel or down into the foot well area, which would be required to make measure ments of this magnitude. There were definite
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