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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.
66 White McDivitt White McDivitt Whit e McDivitt Whi te McDivitt White you take over. I extended my wrath . I just had a feeling you wanted to say something about that, Jim. ~, ha! After having messed around with that thing for 96 hours trying to make it work . I think you expressed my feeling too . Did I leave anything out? No , no . I had the same feelings . I thought you might have had them a little stronger since you were the one who discovered the water gun was not working. I ' m really serious about that simple panel being able to screw up the whole flight. If we don ' t get that thing figured out we ought to stop fly ing space missions . One of the worst moments of the prelaunch down there was when I found out they had that two gallons of water in the system somewhere and didn ' t know where it was. That's right . The humidity sensor--I thought if the readings are right, it worked very well and pr oved the point that the humidity in the spacecraft is
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