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This NASA file from 1965 combines Mission Operation Report M-913-65-04 on the Gemini 4 (GT-4) flight with related correspondence. Memoranda from the Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight describe the planned four-day mission with James McDivitt and Edward White, including a spacewalk, a rendezvous with the booster second stage and thirteen experiments. Later letters and telegrams from NASA's Manned Space Science office concern the astronaut debriefing and requests for GT-4 photography and film for scientific analysis.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: June 3-7, 1965, Low Earth Orbit. Gemini IV was the second crewed mission of the Gemini series. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White successfully completed the four-day flight between June 3 and June 7, 1965. The mission included the first American spacewalk. This collection of documents contains a transcription of the astronauts recounting their observations of bright particles outside the spacecraft, dated circa June 25, 1967, on pages 78-81, and page 101.
“Gemini 4”18 pages
• -2- Experimenters a re encouraged to p u b.:'..isl1 experimental results promptly in order to inform the scientific community dS early as possible . II :, il:? f analysi~ of experimental re s ult s 1ith illu s tr ations I here appropr i ate is requir ed to be f urnishe d to the 8 Xper i mcn t co o rdinator within t1-10 reeks followin~ t he mission for the >u:::;tldu ch memorandum prepa r ed by Ma nne d Spa c e_raft Canter . Experi me nters a re also encouraged t:, coordinate c1 n t1 exchange data amonu t hemsel v s in order' t o enhance to ti1e f ulle s t extent , the sc ienti f ic .;e nefitc o f e d ch mission . It i s i mp ort a nt to th e co nduct of yo ur ex- eriment that all emini s ch ed uled dli n s be m t and th t y ou kee p your HSC e x peri men t coordinator i n formed on progress of your experiment at all ti mes . We hope that t he plannin g o f your e x~e ri me nt an d the constru ction and integration of your flight hard wa r e will be brought to sati sfa ctory completi on in or der that your experiment , a lon g with those o f t he other expe riment e r . on the attached list , may serv e to make the Gemini scien if ic payload a successful addition t o th e United S t a t es ~p ace P ro gram . S incere ly yours , !lamer E: . ::e;e ll Associ · t e lldrni ni s trat o r f or Spa ce Sc i e nce & llppl ic nt ion ~ Enc losure : List of Approv ed Cxperimenters
Official release, from the pursue collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. 224 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.