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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.
“Gemini 4”2 pages
White McDivitt 235 the flight plan nailed down. I think our r.light, though, was somewhat different than other flights in that we did have some real major changes about two and a half months prior to the flight . Con sequently, we had to expect these things . So,I think I'd be the first to admit that I lived with these changes, because I had a great desire to do the mission that we set out to do. We both kind of got to the point where we knew that we had a mission to do, and we knew it was going to be tough as far ae getting a good flight plan was concerned , a.nd we were just trying to get the the best we could and go. That's right. I think that the situation that we finally ended up in was that we tried to have a very good launch and first couple of orbits and a good last orbit or two. All the stuff in the middle, we knew we were going to have to handle re&l-ti.me. I finally found myself forced into the situation where I couldn't even worry about the middle fl~ght plan. We had to lay it out in general and expect a great number of changes. This is exactly what we did. We handled it in real-time. I'm not suggesting that we do tnis ~for future flights, £or €0f'~FIDE~~TIAL
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