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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.
“Mission Control”5 pages
249 13.0 MISSION CONTROL 13.1 GO/NO GO 's McDivitt Okay. Mission Control. Mission Control is the next major topic . It says describe and discuss updating on the status of the spacecraft on the mission. GO and NO/GO 's, I thought , went pretty well. You have any comment on that? White No . Sure didn't. 13.2 PLA and CLA Updates McDivitt PLA' s and CLA updates, I thought, went extremely well. You have any other comments on that? White No. We used the form and they're easy to copy down. There ' s sure a lot of information they can get up in a short period of time. 13.3 Consumables McDivitt The conswnables, we bad-- White I got some comments on that . McDivitt Okay. Go ahead . White Okay, I thought that their monitoring of our electrical system was deficient . I don ' t believe they gave any indication of what our electrical consumption had been , up till very near the end of the fl ight, and they informed
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