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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.
22 mittently . McDivi t t During descent , we turned the power off to see if t he drogue chute was unstable . It wasn ' t . We turned the power back on and the propellant valves of f and burned up a l l of t he fuel i n the manif olds . We had no fumes after impact . 8.4 Environment a l Control ~ystem McDivitt White McDivitt Whit e McDivitt I thought the suit mobility was as good in the s pacecraft as it is anywhere else . I think these sui ts are pretty good suits . I didn' t f i nd any trouble with them whatsoever i~ the spacecraft that I wasn ' t a lready awar e of . The pressure held up good . I did a pressure check on the suit . It bled down about 0. 2 or 0 . 3 psi in about 30 s econds , which real l y wasn ' t too bad . The temperature was a lways good. It ran between about 50 and 55 degr ees diring the entire flight except when we really worked hard . I don ' t think it ever got up over 60 . Do you , Ed? No. We had reasonably good temperature contro l . The ca bin temperature got up pretty high one time and then it came back down . Yes , on about the first orbit . __ w,f_.., ..... I '
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