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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
73 MoDivitt White should be set up so that it can record conversa tions on normal UHF , HF , and INTERCOM type opera tions . As Jim pointed out , in our flight alone I think we l ost sets of valuab l e information. During launch we weren ' t able to tape anything onboard . We weren't able to tape the work during EVA . We could have taped some of the work during t he rendezvous part of the flight , I don ' t be lieve we taped i t though . The w~y it's set up you wouldn't l eave i t on i n t hat manner . We both had requirements to communicate over UHF . This was our normal mode of operation . If we have a tape recorder , it shoul d have a separate switch . If t here is an hour limitation on the tape, there should be a light that oomes on and is easily visi ble on the front somewhere. That's right . It ought to go right on the VCC . That's right . That ' s really where the light be longs . I think that it woul d be desirable and important to have a voice t ape of what ' s going on throughout the flight . I wouldn't have any ob jection to having a tape recorder with the capa bility of recording more than the one hour at a CO t4fl"Et tTI.Q:t
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