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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.
White McDivitt White McDivitt 37 amount of marks on it . I'll say another thing . I'm sure glad we didn ' t go in for those Lexan visors that they wanted us to fly with, cause the distortion woul d have driven me batty in about the first six hours . I think you must insist on perfectl y optically clear visors . That ' s right . You 've got to have good optics . I took my helmet off about three times , and I didn ' t leave it off very long. I took mine off about two times . I took it off one time for an hour because my hair right above my ears was really bothering me . I didn ' t bother getting a light- weight headset out , and when any body called me , I had the thing sitting in my l ap and I could hear it . I took one of the • ~ . ~ and pulled it back and I hollered into the mike, Ha , ha. ! 1 till I could hear it . I s~id , "I ' ve got my hel met off . Unless you 've got something im portant to tell me , don't bother me ." .Ha , ~a! And he said, "Okay . " It was one of those passes , you know , where you only talk to one guy for about an hour . Then I took it off one other time for about a half hour to rub my ears . I was quite s€0 ► ~ ~t8l!lttfif 1Aif:r: J
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