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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.
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68 White 8 , 5 Communicati ons White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt r1ecr, thing and it was dry as could be . There was no moisture that I could notice . 'lhe sponge stuff on the side wasn ' t objectionable to me but the odor that obviously came from it was very , very objectionable . The readings we obtained I thought, were easy to take. The stow age of the unit was not a problem. It was easily stowed in the spacecraft while we were using it . Okay, I have a few comments on the communications which we ought to go on to . We ' ll take them in sequence . Okay, why don ' t you go along I'll express my com ments . I think the interphones worked pretty wel l . I noticed one thing, though, as we progressed along. lf'he volume requirement on both my side and on Jim ' s side needed to be increased all the time to get - No , Ed . I launched with all my volumes full up . Is that right? Anyhow in my interphone , I pro gressively raised it as the f l ight went on . Yes , I started off with mine almost all the way up . On the UHF it was absolutel y all the way up , C04 4~t!li1t6 L
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