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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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277 launch simulations. McDivitt I think so too. I think those reentry simula tions we did that day were certainly worthwhile . .. We only had to do a few of them to learn the procedures for getting the information back and forth . We tried one one day , and it was so horribl e that I ' m certainly glad that something like that didn't happen during flight. But after we had done a couple of more it smoothed out, I had no doubt in my mind whatsoever that we were going to be able to pass the in formation back and forth. White That's right. I felt that they were equally as important as the launch simulation . 14.12 Network Simulation McDivitt The Network Simulation. We didn't actually participate in the Network Simulations , and I don't think we missed a thing. I think, though , that something that was r equir ed was a discussion with the Network Controllers . We came back to Houston to tell them our points of view and explain to them the kind of information we wanted passed back and forth and the for mat of ~hlante.d this infor mation given to us. ~•F1tiltRf11l~ : I
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