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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.
32 of them out on my right hand. I wasn ' t too happy about it . White I was a little disappointed. I think the only discrepancy I found in my suit was that I had no blood pressure plug either. A point that I was pretty happy with was that I had no pressure points from my suit at all on my body . I had one set of pressure points from my helmet pressing down on the front forward part of my head. I lmew why this was . I 'd had Joe Schmitt adjust my cables so that I could pull my helmet down to a maximum amount for the EVA work. I felt that I just bought this discomfort by having my cables adjusted in this manner. It was pretty uncomfortable though . I checked out the use of the emergency bottles on the EVA equipment and they worked as they were supposed to . I was able to regulate the flow. Incidently , before I went out the reading on the EVA bottles was full-scale, 3400 pounds . I was happy to see that . Al l in all, I was quite happy with the suit . I think it was a very well designed suit and it met the requirements that were levied upon it . It was a heavy suit and a big suit to wear for four days, but I felt the auit wasn ' t as € ~~f-~L
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