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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.
44 White McDivitt White little bit cool , especially if I had urinated all over myself. I don ' t remember one time during the flight during which I was cool in the suit . I think I was hot most of the time in the suit . I got used to i t after a while. The only time that it was not satisfactory, as far as I was con cerned, was when I was trying to sleep. The humidity data that we got doesn't go along with what everybody was expecting. No, not by a l ong shot . No, not at all . Our l i ttle gage seemed like it was working properly. We didn ' t have any visible moisture at any time at any pl ace in the spacecraft . It seemed to be indicating down around 62 to 63 percent relative humidity which was a big surprise to myself. With this type of data , I began going open faceplate and open gloves fairly early in the flight, about a day or a day and a half, and continued in this manner just about throughout the flight . We used the wrist dams quite a bit of the time . But I had my faceplate open with my wrist dams ' CiO t ◄ F10 E._ffd +b
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