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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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275 us right then , I f elt fully confident about being able to take care of mys elf out there in that water. White We were well prepared in this area , 14 ,1 0 Parachute Traini ng McDivi tt P~rachut e t raining. I thought t hat the parachute training that we had was good . I thought that t he parachute training into the water wi t h pressure suits on was by far the bes t t hat we had . It was the most realistic and it was the kind of training that we would need during actual flight . White And I recommend highly that all crews do this and they go in suits as close to the same kind of con dition that you ' re going to plop down in that water with, and go through the full inflation and not skimp on a thing. McDivitt You get all tangled up in a parachute just the way you're going to get all tangled up in the parachute when-- White That's right . Inflate the life rafts and inflate the Mae Wests and inflate the whole works every time . And if we don ' t have enough life rafts
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