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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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White McDivitt White 14 . 5 Planetarium McDivitt Whit e thruster that failed . I used it quite a bit shortly before the flight to practice t he dock ing and the station-keeping that we never r eally got a chance to perform in flight . I felt that it was quite valuable for this . Yes . I think that it ' s a very good simulation , too , of the actual way the spac ecraft really moved. Yes. I think it is t oo . I t hink it is too . Anything else on Translation and Docking Trainer ? No . Planetar ium. I think it's ver y valuable training. We used this one down here in Houston , and we used the Morehead Planetarium. There ' s not a bit of question in my mind which one you ought to use, and it ' s Moreheady because the display of the stars is about as close as you can get to the r eal stars out in the sky; whereas,in the one down in Houston the projection of the stars just doesn't have the quality to provide the
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