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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.
52 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt .. that repress valve into my suit was satisfactory to keep me in a pressurized state and keep me venti lated enough under normal operations . Under tough operations though, the flow rate's too low and you really heat up. Yes, I think since it was an open loop system, you had to keep from dumping all the oxygen overboard, and had to go high enough to keep it from dying from the heat. I think it was a compromise system. I thought it was well set up, I have no com plaints there . Primary o2 temperature--I didn't have any comment on that. No, neither did I. The manual heater--I think that you used the manual heater twice during EVA . Twice during EVA for about five to six minutes each time . It responded all right , but it didn't go overboard, It got the temperature right back up there, and I shut the thing off again. I\!0 ~~FIDE~iilA L
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