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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.
“Mission Control”5 pages
72 EiOt •rt"Ef ◄ lt/.L: McDivitt White We ' ve already lost some very va l uable data from this flight. We could have taped t he entire EVA and brought those communications back down. As it was, we couldn ' t tape them becaus e we had to put the thing in UHF so that we coul d transmit to the ground . We los t all of t he bless ed stuff going to the ground anyway. There are certain systems in here that I think are very poorly designed . I think t his is about the poorest of them all . It ' s l ocated in such a position that you can not see the opeation light when it is on. The light is in an area where you normally would put things . Things get put on top of it so that if you look down there, you can't see the light . The light is such a small insignificant thing when it comes on. Unless you conscious l y bend your head down and l ook down below your right elbow, you can not see whet her the light is on or not. The switch is set so t hat you have to go in either RECORD , Ul!F , HF, or INTERCOM and you can not be in RECORD while you're on UHF or INTERCOM. This is a very unsatisfa c t ory method of having a tape recorder. The tape r ecorder
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