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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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232 COt'iiflDE~~flAL front end of the spacecraft; I tried to tense my legs and tense my stomach and arms , and I tried to exercise in this condition . I probably did that a lot more than I did anything with the exerciser. 11 . 8 Inflight Phonocardiogram (M-4) McDivitt To the best of my knowledge we didn't have any equipment problems. About the end of the second day my sensors started itching a little. I don't know if it was my phonocardiogram or my other sensors . 11 . 9 Extravehicular Activity McDivitt Extravehicular activities have been covered in great detail earlier in the debriefing, I don't think we have to go over that again. 11, 1OMiscellaneous McDivitt In the external observations I did observe three satellites , but I think that these were covered in detail earlier, and I don't believe we need to go over that again here. White I think that we'll comment again (we've commented on this point before) that the tape recorder is the most important piece of equipment that we have onboard the spacecraft to record our ob- COf',FIDeNTIAL
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