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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.
35 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivit-'- White McDivitt White link net in itself just isn't long enough. You wouldn ' t say you had a pressure point though? No, it was just a constant pull on there all the time. Did it bother you very much during the flight? Yes, it bothered me a little bit . So you really did have sort of a pressure point then? Yes, to some extent in that area . I had had that one so much before. It had been so extreme in some cases that it really didn't bother me too much . Both of us should mention something about the visors . I thought you ought to mention something about your visor problem, your EVA visor or the other one. Well, I have briefed the visor on the EVA pretty well. The one that I will mention now is the visor that I had on my regular helmet . I thought that the vision through it was quite good . I noticed no distortion at all through it, but I did immediately put a couple big scratches on it
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