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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
McDivitt White McDivitt White 83 for one time when they called us up and told us we wer e 190 amp- hour s , I think it was 190 amp hours , over-- That was after we turned the computer off. I wanted to find out why we turned the computer off and if we were really short on electrical power . Then they told me we were 160 amp-hours over the 200 amp-hours cushion. I almost went throught the overhead . I think I'd like to have had a little more infor mat i on from the ground on the status of our elec trical system. The mai n batteries--I have a com ment on them. They started out with a charge of about 24 volts and progressively decreased to the point where I was a hair concerned about them. They progressed down to the 22 . 5 reading and began to shade lower than that near the end of the mission . I was using the parallax to be sure I had a satisfactory reading on t he gages each time . I noticed they decr eased down to a minimum of 22 . 5. Maybe it got to 22 but it was getting near t he end of the mission. Ha , ha ! Maybe 22 .49 . Just the way I 'd lean my head I could get the
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