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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.
30 McDivitt White McDivitt White I suspect I probably could have gotten down there as easy or easier than you if I had really gotten around to trying. I don ' t remember , but , anyhow, I was surprised with the ease which I had in getting down . We were trying to dump the pressure in the bellow before we went EVA with it . Right . The demand regulator was satisfactory. Ivzy umbilical,I thought,was very easy to use and disconnect . I was quite happy to have the micro dot in there. One comment on the micro-dot--the first time we exercised the micro- dots on our suit , they were pretty hard to operate . Mine got progressively easier to use each time I used it . The fingertip lights that I had were better than Jim ' s . I ha:l lights with Lexan tops on them. All my lights worked, and r felt that their operation was quite satisfactory. We had decided to put my lights between the first and second joints for several reasons . We thought the EVA gloves would be easier to don and there'd be less tendency to break them. I think, though, the position of the lights was still a little too far forward if it was intended to put them back between
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