Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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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who were responsible for it had some of the most
detailed and thorough briefing guides and forms for
us on the equipment, and we were more briefed on the
equipment. It was just the procedures that were
lacking.
White Yes, I felt that I knew the equipment and its assembly end
usage on the D- 6 backwards and forwards . Procedures
for conducting the experiment were quite clear to
me , but the only thing that we didn't have was a good
method of passing up the targets and target acquisi
tion once we got up there. Also, just handing me 243
targets was a pretty simple-minded approach in trying
to solve this problem, I thought.
McDivitt I don ' t think I have anything else on experiments .
White Nope .