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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 White 53 • We were able to turn the automatic part of it off quite early in the flight, particularly since this was the problem we were having. We were getting-- That was something I wondered about . You know , the t hing is marked , and we were always instructed that when the thing got down below 38 percent we didn ' t need the heaters any more . We shut the heaters off at 42 percent . Right . 0bviously,the guy that told us to shut the heaters off at 40 percent knew what he was talking about because we never needed them again . I think, again , I am very suspicious of McDonnell on the fix on that gage, and on setting that pressure on 970 , and I'm going to get to the bottom of it . Yes , but I think, though,that the pressure would have still built up even if we had the relief set at 1050 or so. It would have still built up . It might have built up and stabili zed, •
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