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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.
54 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White 1'1cDivitt White because it ' s a cryogenic system and it could have stabilized out around 1000 or 1050. But on the other hand it could have continued to build right on up . Su.re it could . But I sort of suspect that the--well, I don't know. It's different from this other problem where we were told that the thing didn't require heaters below 38 percent , and we found out that it really didn ' t require 'them below 42 percent . We turned them off at 42 percent . Right . The secondary o system--I thought those performed 2 admirably. In_fact, they had more oxygen in them than I thought they could hold. Jim ' s was up to around 5500 pounds shortly after launch . It re mained up there and drizzled out about 100 pounds throughout the flight . Actually they increased by 100 psi each right after launch . Right at the first mode of flight . Then they drizzled back down and stayed at 5400, I think, right on down through the flight . The lowest
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