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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 White McDivitt think, .the rest of the flight . No, here it is down as low as 72 . So it got down to around 72 late in the flight, and here we are with a whole bunch of 70's to 73's and a couple of 76 1 s. So I guess that 75 was the average temperature throughout the whole flight. I think our cabin temperature gage was reflect ing a little higher temperature than these. No, let's see . It was down around 75. It went down to 74 at one time, I remember. Yes, I think 75 was a good average cabin temp erature for the whole flight. I thought this was a pretty satisfactory cabin temperature. The suit temperatures were also down. They stayed down from about 52 to 54 most of the· flight. I thought that was a pretty satisfactory temperature there. I believe that there was a difference in suit temperatures be tween Jim and me because I was continually hollering about being hot. I think that temp erature-wise Jim was relatively comfortable . I was vecy comfortable, and as a matter of fact, when I went to sleep, I tended to get just a
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