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.

us that we were 130 or 150--
McDivitt 160, E:d .
White --amp-hours over , a.nd I would've liked to know
this at discrete times throughout the flight .
McDivitt I t hink ,really,this was our fault. I think we
should 1 ve called down and asked them. When
they did give it to us , they gave it to us
because we did call down and ask them.
White Yes, okay. Maybe that was~· but I was look
ing f or it more often than that. Maybe we
could have t his part of the GO/NO GO, and they
could say you're on your electrical profile
and your OA.MS profile . This might be a part of
it to be sure.
McDivitt Yes . That woul d be a good i dea .
13,4 Flight Plan Changes
White Flight plan changes.
McDivitt Flight plan changes . Well , we had a few.
think that i n general t hey all came off where
they should. I don' t really have any comment .
White We had one area in which they wer e deficient
with t he MSC-10.
McDi vitt I've already talked to Jerry about that . He
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