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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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243 White McDi vitt White McDivitt White McDi vitt We had one area where we were a bit too ambitious, and this was in the stars for the Air Force D-9. We reviewed this, also, so there was no lack of pl anning. It just turned out that using these stars in the sequence that we had for them ,with the type of fuel constraints that we had imposed upon us, we just couldn't effectively run the ex periment without using a great deal of fuel. Yes . And I think that this came about just because of a lack of lmowledge on everyone's part , on just what we could handle in the spacecraft and the rates that the stars move through the skies . That was something t hat we learned on this flight. I think so . I think that's part of the qualitative data that we brought back for D-9, but I do feel that the pre-flight planning for D-6 was completely inadequate . Anything else on a:n.y of the other ex periments? No , I think the other experiments were well briefed to us . We understood them quite ~ell and I think the procedures were well taken care of. That's right . Let me clarify one thing. I t hink t hat the technical aspect of D-6 was one of the best briefed of all the experiments. The DOD people
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