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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.
229 11 , 4 Electr ostatie Char ge (MSC-1) McDivitt I think what we could say here is that we turned MSC-1 on and off when it said in the flight plan and when directed by the people on the ground. 11 , 5 Proton- Electron Spectrometer and Tri- Axis Flus-Gate Magnetometer (MSC- 2 and MSC-3 ) McDivitt We turned off MSC-2 and -3 according to real time flight planning from the ground and when ever the fligh t plan in t he air called for it. White We had one time when I ran a double small-end forward set of runs through the Anomaly. The f i rst time , I fel t that the heading had not been accurate enough for the small-end-forward requirement. We were doing it without the platform on the stars , and the first time through I wasn ' t satisfied with it . S~ I called down to the ground and told them that I wasn ' t satisfied with the run and that I ' d make a repeat run the next time. This I did , and I left the equipment on throughout both runs and for an hour after that. So, we effectively have two small-end rtms through the South Atlanti c Anomaly.
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