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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
78 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt Yes, I thought that they were to be commended . As a matter of fact, when we have our world-wide network debriefing or whatever the heck we ' re going to have I really intend to applaud them loud and long . I thought the teamwork between the spacecraft and the communicators on the ground was outstand ing. It was really good . No adverse comment on anytime during the f l ight . Shoot, if you wanted to talk to them they were more than happy to talk to you . A lot of times they ' d come on and say, "This is Gu.aymas . We have your TM solid . We don't have anything for you . If you have anything for us, we 'll be standing by." And that would be it . They were really good , I thought. We've about covered procedures . Right, I think we've hit that too. Okay, the .., communication controls and switches--voice control center--I've always been pretty happy with that . One other thing I want to comment on is the voice control Center. If we had carried that idiotic
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