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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13 . 5 Systems
McDivitt
White
McDivitt
White
Okay. Mission Control System. I think the
Mission Control on this flight was nothing short
of excellent. We got all the information from
the ground that we needed. We didn ' t get
bothered by them unnecessarily, I don ' t believe .
They were there when you needed them.
They were there when we needed t hem. That ' s
right . I have nothing but praise for the ground
control on this flight . How about you , Ed?
I did too, and I had the feeling up ther e that
I had confidence in what they wer e doing down
there and in the decisions that wer e being made .
I felt that when I needed information that the
source was available down there and I could
always get it. That's a very good feeling.
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