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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.
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itit 4Fl8E!I ◄ • I Jlt'&' TABLE OF CONTENTS Paragraph Page number 8 . 0 SYSTEMS OPERATION 8 . 1 Pla tfo:r,n ................................................ . 1 8 . 2 O..AMS ....... ............ .........• ...... ...............• . 5 8 . 3 RCS ................................................ , ... 17 8 .4 Environmental Control System •••·················••••···22 8.5 CoDlDlunications ........................................ . 68 8. 6 Electrical System ...................................... 82 8 . 7 Computer ............................................... 87 8.8 Crew Station .......................................... . 93 8 . 9 Bio-Medicat ...........................................134 9 . 0 OPERATIONAL CHEDKS 9 . 1 Apollo Landmark Identification (D- 6) .................. 144 9 . 2 Apollo Yaw Orientation •••·•··•·•••·•··••·•••···•·•·•••168 9 . 3 One Attitude Thruster Fail ure Check ... ......... ....... 171 9.4 Horizon Scanner Track Check •·•••·•• ••·• · •• · •••• ·•·•••• 172 9. 5 Horizon Scanner Check ....................... ...... ~ ... 173 9 . 6 HF Transmission Reception Check ....................... 181 9·. 7 Orbit Navigation Check ................................ 182 9.8 Rela tive Humidity Test ................................ 185 9.9 Zodiacal Light Check .................................. 186 10.0 VISUAL SIGHTINGS 10.1 Cotllltdo\.lll .................•.•........................ . 188 10. 2 Powered Flight . ................... ..... ..... ... ... . .. . 188 10 . 3 Orbital Flight . ............................... ........ 191 10 .4 Reentry .................... . ......................... . 213 11 . 0 EXPERIMENTS 11 . 1 Two-Color Earth-Limb Photography (MSC-10) .............217 11 . 2 Synoptic Terrain and Weather Photography (S- 5 and S- 6) . 219 11. 3 Simple Navigation with t he Sextant .... ......... .......219 11.4 Electrostatic Charge (MSC- 1) .. .. ......... .....·........229 11.5 Proton- Electron Spectrometer and Tri-Axis Flus-Ga.te Magnetometer (MSC- 2 and MSC-3) ........................229 11 . 6 Radiation ( D-8) ........... ... ......................... 230 11 . 7 Inflight Exerciser (M-3) . ........ .. . . .. ... ... ......... 230 11 .8 Inflight Phonocardiogram (M-4) . . ......................232 11 . 9 Extravehicular Activity . ... ... ...... .. .......... ...... 232 11 . 10 Miscellaneous ................. . .......................232
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