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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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276 to do it every time , see to it t hat we get it . 14 .1 1 Launch Simulation McDivitt White McDi vi tt White Okay. Launch Simulation. I think that the launch simulations were excellent. I think t hat was the first place that we really had a chance t o work with the people who were going to be controlling us during the flight . I think we got a lot out of it , and I think they got a lot out of it . What we really had t o do was learn , I guess , r espect for each other , and I guess the only way we could do this was to see how each~ of us was going to handle a situation that arose . I don ' t have any ot her comment on it except that I think t hat it was certainly worthwhile . I 've got a comment . Not on t hat, but a thing t hat f its right in . Shoot . I think that the reentry simulations that we did should be made a regular part of the preparations for flight . It's just as important to me as the launch simulation. I t hink t here should be regular reentry simulation for the preparations prior to the flight in the same manner as the
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