NASA-UAP-D017, Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965
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.
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- Type
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- NASA
- Reference #
- RELEASE-03-FILE-063-NASA-UAP-D017-PRELIMINARY-GEMINI-4-CREW-DEBRIEFING-PART-II-1965
- Published
- 2026-06-12
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- application/pdf
- Pages
- 288
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The preliminary transcript was made from voice tape recordings of the GT-4 flight crew debriefing conducted aboard the recovery ship, the USS Wasp, on June 9, 1965.
This preliminary transcript was made from voice tape -recording3 of the GT-4 flight crew debriefing conducted aboard the recovery ship, the USS Wasp, on June~' 1965.
Errors in this transcript will be corrected as soon as possible and an official transcript will be published at a later date.
Errors in this transcript will be corrected as soon as possible and an official transcript will be published at a later date.
The document contains a transcript of the second part of the total debriefing.
Thia document contains a transcript of the second part of the total debriefing.
The first part of the debriefing was published on June 16, 1965.
A preliminary transcript of the first part was published on June 16, 1965.
The yaw was a little problem during platform alignment.
The yaw was a little problem. It took longer to get it, but if you kept after it for awhile, I felt that you could get down to just a few degrees.
Pure star reference for yaw was almost impossible to use at night.
Pure star reference for yaw was almost impossible to use.
The Horizon Scan Mode worked essentially for 24 hours without any problem.
The Horizon Scan Mode worked essentially for 24 hours without any problem.
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Publication of the first part of the debriefing
Debriefing concluded at the Manned Spacecraft Center
GT-4 flight crew debriefing conducted
The debriefing was conducted aboard the recovery ship, the USS Wasp.
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