Gemini 4 PAO Transcript

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This is Gemini Control Houston. Good morning. The
pilots got up this morning shortly after 4:00 a.m. They

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had a brief physical in the Manned Space Flight Operations
Building on Merritt Island, and after that, breakfast. They
left the Manned Space Flight Operations Building at 5:22 a.m.
and arrived at the suit-up area adjacent to Pad 19 at approx-
imately 5:35, They were suited and had completed their
pre-breathing denitrogenation checks by 7:00 a.m. and left
the pad a few minutes after 7:O0. They left for Pad 19 and
they arrived at Pad 19 at 7:08 a.m. They were in the ele-
vator within a minute and went over the sill, as we call,

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count has run about 5 minutes ahead of schedule this morning.
We have excellent weather at the Cape area which will be
covered in more detail with a report from the Cape shortly.
Here in Hcuston, the board looks very good. Our status is
quite good, as a matter of fact . . . We are making computer
runs, we are checking the individual consoles and they all
look very good and green at this point. This is Gemini
Control, Houston, at 20 minutes after the hour.
This is Gemini Cape control. Our countdown is proceeding
excellently at this time, we are currently at 86 minutes and
30 seconds and counting. The countdown has gone very web1
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this morning. We have just received a report from the
blockhouse that we are still some 12 minutes ahead in the 1, ._-_._

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events of this morning's count. As you probably have seen,
both hatches have been closed. Astronaut Ed White's hatch
was closed at .X:31 a.m. EST, one minute later the command
pilot's also was closed. The astronauts, just prior to
hatch closure completed a series of blood pressure tests
with the flight surgeons in the blockhouse. Currently going
on are several tests at the launch pad, a warm up for final
guidance checks with the Titan II launch vehicle. Our
weather this morning also looks good at the current time.
The forecast of the launch area is 2 to 4/10's cloud cover
at 3,000 feet. We have a wind at 5 to 10 knots in the East,
a temperature of 80 degrees. The mission has been informed
that the weather conditions throughout the rest of the world
are in a Go condition for launch. The Ai.lantic Ocean will ! ~2
have extensive cloud ceilings of about 1,500 feet. Around
and south of Bermuda with some scattered showers. The
mid-Pacific forecast is for scattered, broken clouds with
a ceiling of 1,000 feet. On the West pacific storm Carla
that was pyphoon Carla several I days ago is reported to still
be weakening and is not expected to be any problem to the
mission itself. This is Gemini Cape Control at 84 minutes
and 47 seconds and counting.

This is Gemini Control, Houston. The count minus -
I'm sorry. Our clock here, our countdown clock is running
a trajectory test and is not accurate. At this time we are
looking here from the Control Center Houston at the, some
of the vital measurements coming from the spacecraft's
at Mercury and the respiration rate of Jim McDivit and Ed
White.-- Yery nominal values and the reading and the telem-
etry is quite clean. The count dontinues very much on
schedule. The earlier count ran as much as 12 minutes
ahead of schedule. We are also want to bring you up to
date in the network's status, the around the world status.
At Tanaverie, we are without voice contact and very likely
will not be able to have voice contact relayed through
Tanaverie, and at the Rose Knot Victor Ship, which for this
mission is parked approximately 1,000 miles off the South
America& Chilian coast is without teletype. Other than
that, our entire*range of stations around the world is up and
XX all elements are working very nicely. This is Gemini
Control at 46 minutes after the hour.
This is Gemini Control at the Cape. The count is now
T-63 minutes and counting. -T-63. Bur countdown continues
to go excellently at Launch Complex 19. Astronauts Jim
McDivit and Ed White have just completed purging their cabin
that is bri i?ing 100 percent oxygen into the cabin which will
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cabin.. It will remain this way through lift-off. We now
have the cabin purged and both astronauts are reporting
back to the pad in a series of switch tests. In this
particular test, the command pilot and the pilot check
with the blockhouse to reaffirm that all the switches axe
on their panels are set in the proper ~exitrie~x condition.
At the launch pad we are ready to gear up for one of our
final guidance tests. All systems are go here at the Cape
coming up on 62 minutes and counting. This is Gemini
launch control at the Cape.
This is Gemini Control at the Cape. we are now at
54 minutes and counting. T minus 54. Our count continues
to go smoothly and at the present time in the spacecraft
Astronaut ed White is preparing to give a report to the
blockhouse on the status of the spacecraft as far as the
cabin is concerned, the various temperatures L in the cabin,
the suit circuit as part of the environmental control system

further information
and the status of gages and /.......in the cabin and the
spacecraft propulsion system. Ed White is coming up and
he is reporting it. This will be checked with gages and
with information in the block house. In the meantime as
far as the launch vehicle is concerned we are gearing up

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for a test with the Air Force Eastern Test Rnnge on some
missile tracking telemetry. This is Gemini Control at the

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Cape coming up on T-53 minutes and counting. Mark, T-53
minutes and counting.
This is Gemini Control in Houston. The count is T-45
minutes and proceeding and we're right on the money. Moving
right ahead with all the pre-launch verifications in the
spacecraft. About a half an hour ago, shortly after he
entered the spacecraft, Jim McDivitt put in a phone call
to his wife in Houston. They chatted for about 5 minutes.
We are unable to confirm at this time whether Ed White has
talked to his home or not. Ed's been fairly busy with a
series of communications checks. Meanwhile the viewing
room here at Houston and I am sure at the Cape also, is
filling up. Congressman Bob Casey from Houston is here,
Dr. Robert Seamans, the Associate Administrator of NASA
is in a chair in the viewing area here, along with some of
our better known astronauts. Former astronaut John Glenn
has been in the Control Center for the past hour. Wally
Schirra is down on the floor of the control center at this
time chatting with Gus Grissom who will be the capsule
communicator during the launch phase from this center.
Our general status continues to be excellent. This is
Gemini Control.
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This is Gemini Control at the Cape. Our countdown
continues to run smoothly here at Complex 19. All conditions
look good. Our count is still a little bit ahead, launch
vehicle test conductor has given permission to the pool to
lower the erector a little earlier than planned. We do not
have a specific time at this time. The erector is due to
be lowered at T-35. This is Gemini Control at the Cape.
T-38 minutes and 20 seconds and counting.
This is Gemini Control at the Cape. We are now at
T-35 minutes and 20 seconds and counting. We are coming
up on T-35 and some 5 seconds. T-34 minutes and 59 seconds
and holding. This is Gemini Control at the Cape. Holding
at T-34 minutes and 59 seconds holding. We will get infor-
mation to you on the hold momentarily.
This is Gemini Control at the Cape. We are now at
T-34 minutes and 59 seconds a.nd holding. I have a report
from the blockhouse and difficulty is concerned with the
erector around the Gemini 4 launch vehicle. The explanation
at the present time is we have an electrical failure in the
erector system. We are not able to lower the erector at the
present time. The extent of the hold is not known at this
time. T-34 minues and 59 seconds and holding. This is
Gemini Control at the Cape.

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Control
This is Gemini 4 at the Cape. Our hold on the mission
still remains at T-34 minutes and 59 seconds. The difficulty
as reported earlier is with the erector on the launch pad.
The launch vehicle test conductor has just reported that he
estimates the hold time at about 30 minutes. The plan is to
get some of the crew up on the launch pad to take a look to
see how we stand. As far as trying to determine the difficulty':.
from the blockhouse, the launch vehicle test conductor further
reports that there are no red line problems in the blockhouse,
that is, all the gages in the blockhouse give no indication _
of the difficulty. We expect to have more information shortly.
We are holding at T-34 mines and 59 seconds. This is
This is Gemini Control at the Cape. Our hold remains
at T-34 minutes and 59 seconds and holding. .From the
blockhouse astronaut Schweikart reported to the astronauts
in the Gemini 4 spacecraft that the hold was estimated to
be about 30 minutes. Astronaut Ed White replied back to
Schweikart "We are all squared away." We are still looking
to determine our exact problem and awaiting word from
the launch vehicle test conductor on the status of our
erector problem. We are holding at T-34 minutes and 59
seconds. This is Gemini Control at the Cape.

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This is Gemini Control at the Cape. As you can see
now looking at Launch Complex Pad. 19 our erector is starting
to move. Still holding at T-34 minutes and 59 seconds.
It is expected that the count may be resumed in a matter
of some 12 to 15 minutes. We expect to have further infor-
mation on the resumption of the count dhortly. This is
This is Gemini Control at the Cape. The launch vehicle
test conductor has reported back to mission control that our
ddfficulty in the erector was concerned apparently with a
faulty relay in a relay box at the base of the gantry
erector on launch complex 19. This relay has been replaced.
The erector has started to move. The plan is to once again
raise the erector to ti its full position, however, before
continuing with the count. We are going to make one more
check of the erector prior to resuming the count. This
is Gemini Control at the Cape at T-34 minutes and 59 seconds
and holdingi
This is Gemini Control at the Cape. To further clai:i:fy
our problem with the faulty relay at the base of the erector.
The relay was not replaced. The relay did not close and an
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attempt to check it out,/physically, that is manually,
depressed the relay to make it close. We are now checking
on certain locks on the erector to determine that we will
be able to lower the erector. It's several feet away

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from the spacecraft now. Still taking several more tests. '
When we are ready to lower we then will faJe to clear the

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crew ix the launch pad and resume the count. We are still
at T-34 minutes and 59 seconds and holding. Here in the
Mission Control Center at the Cape at the capsule communi-
cator's console we have chief astronaut Alan Shepard and
the backup pilots for the Cemini 4 flight. The prime
backup @ilot, Frank Borman was at the launch pad during
the early checkouts. *Frank then went to the trailer when
the poime crew came to dress at launch complex 16. Frank
briefed astronauts Jim McDivitt and Ed White on the status
of the m$ision at that time. In the meantime, the backup
pilot, Jim Love11 remained in the spacecraft making final
checks up to the time the prime pilots McDivitt and White
came to the launch pad and were inserted in the spacecraft.
Both Borman and Love11 are with astronaut Alan Shepard at
the capsule communicator console in Mission Control at the
Cape. From the v&wing room cue astronauts Pete Conrad, who is
the pilot for the GT-5 mission and astronaut Neil Armstrong
who was the prime backup pilot for the Gemini 5 mission.
Also in the viewing center is Dr. George Mueller who is
NASA's Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight. We
are still holding at T-34 minutes and 59 seconds. This is

This is Gemini Control at the Cape. We are still
at T-34 minutes and 59 seconds and holding. We now have
the report from the launch pad that we are still encountering
difficulties with the erector on the launch pad. We felt
that we had solved our electronics problem by closing,
ti~i$fx physically closing.the relay we discussed earlier,
that is a relay in a relay box at the base of the erector,
however, it is now reported by the crew out at the pad
they have further difficulties with the erector. The
difficulty concerns a cable that rides down with the erector
as it is hydraulically lowered. This cable in turn is used
to raise the erector at different times. The cable has
slack in it, is the report. The cable is controlled by
a winch based at the launch pad. Because of this slack
an automatic override comes in and cuts bn the erector
lowering process. As a result we are now checking in the
cable rope itself in an attempt to solve this problem of
the slack in the line. The test conductor on the pad
reports that he does have tti an RX estimate on the
extent of the hold. As soon as we get further information
we will pass it on to you. We are still holding at T-34
minutes and 59 seconds. This is Gemini Control at the

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This is Gemini Control at the Cape. We are still holding at

T-34 minutes 59 seconds at Launch Complex 19. The crew . . . the
pad area doing further investigation on our cable problem that was
discussed earlier. They are still looking over the situation, we
do not have an estimate on the hold at this time. This is Gemini
Launch Control at the Cape.
This is Gemini Control at the Cape. We are still at T-34
minutes and 59 seconds and holding. We are continuing our tests
with the erector on the launch complex. You may note that the
erector has moved slightly from its umbilical tower as the test
continue. We are moving a matter of a few feet from the tower,
but the plan is not to move the erector at this time. The erector
is moving slightly as part of the test that is currently in progress
to determine the full extent of our difficulty. The Iaunch Vehicle
Test Conductor has been able to give no further information on the

length of the hold at this time. We are at T-34 minutes 59 seconds
and holding. This is Gemini Launch Control at the Cape.

This is Gemini Control at the Cape. As you can see at Launch
Complex 19, we are now starting to lower the erector as we continue

our tests. We will know shortly whether we will be able to fully
lower the erector at this time. This is still a test continuing.
We will pass on the information to you shortly. We are still holding
at T-34 minutes and 59 seconds. This is Gemini Control at the Cape.
This is Gemini Control Houston. We are still holding at T-35
minutes, but we expect to pick up the count momentarily. The erector
has been lowered and we expect within a minute or two to resume the
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Count. A final status check is being taken at this time in the blockhouse
to - preparatory to picking up the count. Meanwhile, during this hold
which began an hour and 10 minutes ago, the crew has passed the time,
released a part of the time taking catnaps. Astronaut Rusty Schweiker,
who is in the Mission Control Center at the Cape advised them when the
hold started that he would wake them up when we had planned to resume.
The reference was of course a hopefully to break a little of attention
in this countdown. The problem appears to have been in an electrical
governor on the erector lowering device. It has been repaired and we

are satisfied the erector is properly down and in its place. We have
been asked many times in the last half hour what effect this hour and
10 minute hold might have on our planned extravehicular activity in
the second revolution of this mission, and Mission Director Criss Craft
advises that it will have no effect. We will still plan to begin the
extravehicular activity at 3 hours into the mission at the - near the
end of the second revolution. This is Houston Gemini Control still
holding at T~35minutes.
And counting - T-34 minutes and mark - 50 seconds. T-34 minutes
50 seconds and counting on the Gemini Flight. On this point in the
countdown in the blockhouse we are ready to turn over the remainder
of the countdown to the automatic sequencer in the blockhouse. 7he

sequencer itself will check some 70 different items during the terminal
-phase of the count prior to ignition and lift-off. We are now counting
on the Gemini 4. !&is is Gemini LaunchControl at the Cape.
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This is Gemini Control in Houston. We are proceeding the count
at T-30 minutes and moving ahead. And, barring further difficulties,
4 we should be off at 15 minutes after the hour. A little more than 30
minutes - just under 30 minutes from now. Our status on the network
which we have not report on now for more than an hour looks as follows:
it is absolutely green. Earlier we reported Tanaverie had some voice
relay problems, those have been cleared up. The RKV seems to have
cleared up its teletype circuit problem, and the board at this time,
all of our stations around the world are reporting no difficulties
at all, and this is very much the situation with the spacecraft and
the launch vehicle at the Cape. Say for one small electrical problem
in the lowering device at Pad 19. This is Gemini Control Houston.

This is Gemini Control at the Cape coming up on T-25 minutes
and counting in 5 seconds. MARK. T-25 minutes and counting on the
Gemini 4 flight. At this stage in the count, Astronaut Ed White is
ready to start a series of verifications as far as voltage readings
are concerned in his cabin, in the pilot's cabin itsel'f. This series
of readings will be current readings and voltage readings will be
passed onto the block house and to the Control Centers involved. This
is to insure that all readings are correct before proceeding with the
count. Our count is once again running smoothly now at T-24 minutes
and 30 seconds away from lift-off prior to the Gemini 4 flight. This
is Gemini launch Control at the Cape.

This is Gemini Control Houston. The count T-20 minutes and
counting. We have, within the last 3 minutes, completed an OAMS
thruster check on the adapter on the spacecraft and it had worked out
very nicely. All the thrusters, the two up, the two down, the two yaw
thrusters, the two forward thrusters would not check, but the others
worked out entirely satisfactorily. We, within the last minute, have
completed a complete systems check in the blockhouse. That was go
in all of some 13 or 14 elements which were all that were polled.
The mission looks very good, now proceeding at T-19 minutes at this
time. This is Gemini Control Houston.

On the Gemini 4 mission. All systems are gocd at this time.
Even at this stage of the countdown some of the checks had been performed
earlier, then planned in the countdown because the count is once
again proceeding so well. All conditions are go at the present time.
Fifteen minutes and 30 seconds prior to lift-off. This is Gemini
Launch Control at the Cape.
The Pilot . is now conducting a test with the Eastern Test Range on
telgmetry between the range tranking systems and the guidance and
other equipment from the vehicle itself and sending back signals on
the progress of the launch. We are still in a go condition at 9 and
one-half minutes and counting.

This is Gemini Launch Control at the Cape.
Go ahead flight
This is Gemini Control Houston with the count T-5 minutes and
counting. At T-7 minutes we completed a spacecraft Test Conductors
Status check and all elements were green and go. At the conclusion
of that status check spacecraft test conductor Frank Wittek of the

Kennedy Space Center signed off to Jim McDivit with a short message
which simply said "OK Jim, have a good flight". In the last minute
the launch launch vehicle test conductor Frank Carret of Martin
Company is conducting his status check. The board looks just as
Green as the spacecraft. The count T-4 minutes and 30 seconds and
proceeding. This is Gemini Control Houston.
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This is Gemini Launch Control at the Cape. We are at 2 minutes
and 41 seconds and counting. At this final stage of the countdown we
are just finishing up our final guidance check with the launch vehicle.
All systems look good, both in the Gemini 4 spacecraft where Pilots
Jim McDivit and Ed White and with the launch vehicle on the pad.
This is Gemini Launch Control at 2 minutes 20 seconds and counting.

vehicle has gone to ineernal power. The launch vehicle
is now on its own battery power. All systems still looking
good and with the launch vehicle itself. This is Gemini
Cape Control, ~-60 seconds and counting. T-50. T-40.
T-30 seconds and counting, all final checks in the countdown
still looking good at this time. T-20 seconds and counting.
Minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, O!! Ignition',".'
(Houston) Liftoff. We have a liftoff at 16 minutes
after the hour. Climbing very nicely. We have a roll
program initiated. Roll program completed McDivitt reported,
and the pitch program has been initiated.
Forty seconds is in and surgeon says everything looks
fine. Mark 50 seconds and we're go.
Guidance reports a Go. The flight rrajectory looks
very, very close to right on the nonimal value.
We just had a short transmission from Gemini 4 where
both of them are beautiful..beautiful.
Gus Grissom advises the Gemini 4 spacecraft at one
minute forty seconds, this means a change in the abort
mode if necessary, doesn't look like its necessary from
this point. We're having some transmission difficulty from
the spacecraft, the transmissions are intermittent.
Two minutes and 7 seconds into the flight and everything
looks fine here.
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McDivitt reports Gemini 4 is Go for staging which will
occur is a few seconds. Pilot Whi$ advises he's received
an update on the computer for that spacecraft. We have
staging and its been confirmed here on the ground. The
thrust looks good on the second stage. our radio guidance
system which controls the terminal phase of powered flight
has gone into effect and is working very nicely. Three
minutes into the migion, three minutes.
And the trajectory plot is right on the line both in
lofting and all other elements we're right on the money.
Gus Grissom advises Jim McDivitt everything looks
great, Jim, and Jim says his displays in the spacecraft
look just as good t as those in the control center.
Three minutes and fort@ seconds.
Mission Director Chris Kraft going from'console to
console here and from each one he gets a completely confident
and assured report that everything looks good. We're four
minutes into the mission and McDivitt, in a very, very calm
voice says it looks great up here. Kraft is advised to

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stand by for a final/check before we go to the final
minute E?X before engine cuboff. Kraft has told Grissom

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to give Jim McDivitt a Go, its been received and McDivitt
advises he also is Go.
Four minutes and 50 seconds and our values are right
on the money.
We're standing by for point 8, that point where we
have acquired 80 percent of the velocity, 80 percent.
Five minutes and 17 seconds in. Guidance says we're
solid, both systems, the primary system in the booster and
the video guidance system. Five minutes and 30 seconds.
Stand by for sustainer engine cutoff. SEC0 McDivitt says,
and Grissom confirms here on the ground we have a SECO.
Flight plan calls for McDivitt to uh....we've been
given a Go by Kris Craft. Chris repeats Go Gemini 4.
We are standin by to get a signal from McDivitt to
find out when he separates from that second stage.
Six minutes and 50 seconds in. Gemini 4 has been
asked to switch to another channel to clear up some....
here we come... .Jim McDivitt advises he has an incremental
velocity indicator within the spacecraft during the separation
maneuver which has occurred within the last minute read
as follows: 20 forward, 7 right and 2 down.
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. ..And McDivitt advises he's turning around at this
time to face the booster. He says the second stage which
he now has in view looks pretty, he says its also tumbling
slightly.
This is Gemini Control in Houston, eight minutes and
30 seconds in on the mission, Grissom here, the capsule
communications operator has just passed to Jim McDivitt
and'Ed White' via our Bermuda station the following orbital
elements: 100 statute miles at perigee, 175 statute miles
at apogee. Uh.. this is exactly what the book calls for.
We're 9 minutes in . . . . and, uh, stand by and we'll be pre-
pared in a very few minutes to play the booster phase
tape conversation for you....stand by.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. The spacecraft at
this time is directly over our Canary Island station it
is beginning its passage across the African continent, we
are, uh, in excellent voice contact now. The crew has
switched to a second, or backup unit UHF channel which
reads much clearer than did the other UHF channel we
were using in the launch phase.

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Communications are coming through. They are excellent.
Upon contact in the Canary Station. Jim McDivitt was advised
that his status looks excellent from the ground and McDivitt
came back with a Roger, thank you. They've read out their
onboard quantities which appear, uh, which appear to be quite
nominal in the spacecraft at this point. They are being
updated as to the time and exact references for a recovery
should one become necessary at the end of the first revoltuion.
We've received nothing in this first 20 minutes of flight
which would make such a recovery neceseary but it is standard
procedure to pass this along. We can hear Ed White's big
baritone voice booming in now, into the Canary Station
being relayed back here. This is Gemini Control at 20 minutes
after the hour.
. . . . . . . ..the spacecraft seems to be.......very nicely
and the two crewman working hard at this time to line up
their platform in preparation for this early rendezvous
maneuver. The, uh, the, we monitored the conversation
very carefully over the Canazies and they were asked what
their distance from the booster wass we thought we heard
Ed White say its about 500 feet away, but, uh, I cannot
confer irm he actually said that....1 thought I heard him
say 500 feet. If, uh, in fact he did say 500 that would
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rhymne very nicely with the approximate* distance that, uh,
wherein the two vehicles should be located. Uh...we, uh,
should update you on the types of cameras being carried
aboard. We have not one, but two, 16 millimeter movie
cameras. One will be mounted about a foot aft of the cabin
that is on the adapter during the extra vehicular maneuver:
White will mount this after he opens the door and it will
take 16-millimeter color movies'at a rate of six frames
per second. Uh, in the other window McDivitt will operate
a 16-millimeter camera, uh, each camera has approximately
100 feet film or some 15 minutes. The addition of the
camera on the adapter was a fairly last minute thing finally
arrived at during the last two days at the Cape. Uh...
White also will operate a counterex camera on his little
maneuvering unit as he is out in space. In addition to that
will be available in the spacecraft a 70millimeter Hassel
camera. At this time the spacecraft is traveling on the
edge of the Kano acquisition circle 28 minutes into the
mission . . ..we have the tape for you on the Canary Island
pass, we'll play this tape for you at this time. This is
Gemini Control Houston.

.m.... at this time, 1'11 give you a count, 1, 2 ,3,
4, 5.
Say again, would you?
Roger, we understand. Shift to UHF #l and give me a
count please.
Gemini Iv Cap Cam, shift to TJHF #l and give me a count.
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Roger, Canary Cap Corn reads you loud and .........
Gemini 4, Canary Cap Corn, please advise which radiator
to flow at 4000.
Canary, Houston, Flight,
Go Ahead Flight.
2-11673+35. 013+25, 2+18+47 and ask him far he is
away from the launch vehicle.
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How far are you from the launch vehicle?
Roger......... we are aligning the platform and its
gone below our lower left and ~XH really
Ask him about track with the launch vehicle.
I have it in sight, its about directly below me....
it's below us now, about 4 or 5 hundred feet....

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This is Gemini Control Houston. We are 39 minutes into the
mission. The spacecraft is just east of the Tanaverive Malagassy

station over the Indian Ocean. We have not been in touch with the
spacecraft since the Canaries. Gus Grissom our communicator here
attempted a voice relay transmission through Tanaverive, but if

it was successful in reaching the spacecraft, we do not know. mey
did not respond. During this period, as the spacecraft moved across
Africa, the flight plan called for Ed White to perform an all important
suit integrity check on his suit. We should next have contact with
the spacecraft over the Carnarvon station in 3 to 5 minutes from

now. This is Gemini Control Houston.
Fifty seconds to go. The Carnarvon Station just established

contact with the Gemini 4 spacecraft and the opening commentary was
the question from Carnarvon, how does everything look. Jim McDivit
came back very promptly, we're go. Everything here looks green.
He has - he is now discussing his - some of the maneuvers he performed
to get the booster in sight and he has confirmed our estimate at the
Canaries at which point we was 4 to 500 feet from the second stage.
All of his systems onboard give entirely nominal values at this time,
he said everything couldn't look better and we are having a very
active discussion over the Carnarvon station. This is Gemini Control

at 8 minutes after the hour.
This is Gemini Control Houston. We are 20 minutes after the
hour and during the recent pass over Carnarvon, some 2 minutes ago,
Gemini 4 was given a go for three orbits. Three orbits. Perhaps
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even more important, the Dr. Berry, our flight surgeon, has made an
evaluation of the data of the medical data to this point, and he

has advised mission director Cris Craft, that the Pilot, Ed White,
a8 far as the surgeon is concerned, is go for the extravehicular
activity. He is quite satisfied with the values he has seen in this
first half of the orbit. Our apogee, again, 175 statute miles, our
perigee, 100 miles. We are estimating the time of a revolution at

94 minutes, that is the time back to the Cape during the pass Cormnand
Pilot Jim McDivit reported that the li&ts on the booster were
working very nicely. He said they could observe the booster about
a half mile away which is precisely the distance it should be.
Mission Director Craft complimented the Carnarvon station at the end
of the pass on the quality of the material received. Very shortly,

McDivit and White should be seeing the first IKIQIEX of, hopefully,
about 62 sunrises that they should observe in the next 4 days.

Starting across the Pacific at this time, we have the Carnarvon tape
ready and will play it for you right now.

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cc MXQ Gemini 4, Carnarvon Cap Corn
C Come in Cap Corn, this is Gemini 4.
cc Roger, give me your status
C Roger, we are go, and everything looks great.

cc Roger, Gemini 4. You look good here on the ground. Can you
give me your battery readouts please.
C Okay, standby.
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cc Gemini 4, you can/your secondary Pump A off, the evaporators
and . . . . your radiator looks good.
C Roger, evaporators normal, secondary Pump A is off, . . . . looks
good.
cc Okay, m can you . . .. on your quantity . . . swithh.
C Roger, come on.
cc Roger.
cc We have good acquisition of flight and the radar is tracking

C Roger.
cc I am standing by for battery readouts.
cc While youre doing that, can the command pilot give me a little
information on the booster. The distance, what you had to do
to get up close to see it, and how is the light working.
C Roger, the light is working fine. But I can't tell exactly how
far away I am from it. I guess I am probably around a half a
mile or so. The booster started 'turning right as we came off
of it. I tried to get the range down and I got it down to what
looked like 20 degrees per second but as soon as we got off and
I got around to see it it was tumbling.
cc Okay . . .
‘C I got about 30 ft/sec out of my windows here.
cc Okay
C The booster fell away pretty yar rapidly and got below us like
we were a considerable distance in our velocity and I have
been xw . struggling here to not let it get

too far from me.
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cc Alrighty. Will you give me a better readout . . .
cc Standing by for a blood pressure from the pilot.
cc Flight, Carnarvon.
cc Go ahead.
cc Okay, we have negative acquisition beacon and negative lockon

,the booster.
cc Roger.
cc I'll give you a time hack at 16:09:00.
c . . . . this is Gemini 4. I see the light of the moon down
below me.
cc Okay, 3, 2, 1 MARK.
cc Did you receive my time hack.
C Roger, we got the time hack and standing by for the adapter .
cc 'Go ahead
c .
IEd Amperage
C Roger 1 lA 2C are 24, they all look good. !v readings
h IA is 6, 1B is 10, 1C is 11, 2A is 10, 2B is 5,
2~ is 6.
cc Okay, showing 24 on 2A B, m and C also.
C Roger, I'm getting 24 on all my amps after that.

cc Okay, your mains are good.
C That is affirmative. me mains all g checked out good.
cc Okay, give me a go for . . . .
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cc I am giving; you a new load.
c Okay, it's ~omirig in.
cc Okay, I've got the load here. We have a new TR time. We are
cf standing by for the pilot's blood pressure. Are you ready to
copy t3 your update times.

C Roger, Copy the update times, pilot's blood pressure.
cc Okay.
cc 2-1, 170, 3+40 01 32 39 2a.8, 8+62, over
C Roger, please give me first J+ quantities, please.
cc Say again which one you want repeated.
C Roger, the first 4 quantities.
cc 2-1, 170, 3+40 01 32 39, over.

C Roger, yould you say in a . . . I can read.
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cc Roger, you want to try them again?
C . . ,
cc 2-1, 170,. 3+40 01 32 ~~~ED~~EXX2+18, 8+32 over
C Roger. 2-1, 170, 3+40 01 32 34 , 2+18, 8+32.
cc On your GVTRC, that is 01 32 39, over
C Niner. 01 32 39.
cc Roger. Affirmative. Your orbit is about 86.8, by 150.6.
C Roger, 86.8 by 150.6. Sounds good.
cc Roger, we need that blood bressure on the pilot.

C Roger, that will be coming at you next.
cc Roger. And I will need your accelerometer miles.
C You have to stand by for the accelerometer miles, I just can't
keep the . . . . . . stand still.
cc Okay, you can give it to Guaymas.

C I'm afCaid that you will have to wait for another orbit or two.
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This is Gemini Control Houston, 1 hour and 25 minutes
into the flight of Cemini 4 and the spacecraft rapidly
approaching the west coast of Mexico. As the spacecraft
moved across the Pacific we attempted a voice relay through
the Canton Station, it was unsuccessful. We did not contact
them however the Canton Station was reading some telemetry
values as it passed over. To repeat, our apogee is 175
statute miles, our perigee 100 statute miles, our revolution
period an estimated 94 minutes. We've had report from
Jim McDivitt of the Canarvon that the lights were working
very well on the booster - he could see the booster - it
was about a half a mile from him, uh... in that pass Dr.
Berry advised that based on the medical data up to Canarvon
Ed White was Go for the EVA maneuver in the next revolution.
The mission director also passed to the crew a Go for at
least three or... three revolutions. The tumble rate of
the booster which is some 28 feet long, 10 feet in diameter,
and has a ground, if it were on the ground it would weigh
about 6,000 pounds, otherwords, roughly the size of a house
trailer, uh.. it's somewhere between 20 and 40 degrees,
-------------that is a pretty sharp tumbling rate and could
have an impact on our rendezvous, that is we, advise before

the mission the tumbling rate was fairly high we'd not come
too close to the booster. Interestingly, during the lift-off
phase, we had an EKG monitor not only on Pilot Ed White and
Command Pilot Jim McDivitt, but we're also calibrating the EKG,
the heart rate of Chris Kraft, the Mission Director, and the
Flight Surgeon, Dr. Berry. The values were these: at lift-off
Jim McDivitt's heart rate was 150 - which was about the expected
value - Pilot Ed White was 120; the Mission Director, Chris
Kraft's heart rate was 135, and Dr. Berry's - the Flight Surgeon,
was an unusually low 81. This is Gemini Control as we have now
just established contact with Gemini 4 from our Guaymas station.
Gemini Control, Houston.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. One hour and 32 minutes
into the mission. The spacecraft is slightly east of the White
Sands station at this time. We've had communication between
Guaymas and White Sands. Pilot Jim McDivitt is advised at this
time he has used approximately 100 feet per second - or in other
words, about 50 percent of his OAMS capability in attempting to
maneuver close to the booster. He's been cautioned to attempt
no further maneuvers at this point. He has just received a
Go - a confirming Go - for the extra-vehicular activity. His

Tape 6, Papif? 5
distance from the booster remaining somewhere between a half
mile at apogee and something like three or four hundred feet
at perigee. The cabin pressure has been reported as holding
between 5 and 5.5 pounds per square inch. McDivitt is asking
for a precise reading on the orbit of the second stage, which
would become very critical in the event that we do attempt to
close on it further. However, additional closing is not indi-
cated at this time because of the high usage rate thus far in
the flight, and his attempts so far to close on it. This is
Gemini Control, one hour and 34 minutes into the mission.
We're going to start the Guaymas tape in 15 seconds.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. We'd like to play for
you the - at this time - the tape of the conversation as the
spacecraft moved across the United States.
CC Guaymas PCN solid.
S/C Roger.
S/C Guaymas, Gemini 4.
CC Gemini 4, Guaymas Cap Corn.
S/C Roger, Guaymas, we still have the booster. We're out quite
a ways from it now. It's taken a little more fuel than
we had anticipated. We've got 61 in the fore and aft
window and the after 37 left and 36 up at the present time.

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We appear right now to be just about holding our own with it.
Of course, we should - as we progress here - we should start
to close with it but it's out further than we had hoped to
let it get right now.
CC Roger, I copy.
S/C Is there any way of giving me a quick check on what my
orbit is. This thing is way below me.
CC Wilco.
S/C Say again.
S/C I say the booster is way below me. Could you tell me what
my present orbit is as soon as possible.
CC Roger, We're working on it.
CC We'll do that.
Kraft: Tell him it'll probably be this pass over the States
before we can get it to him.
cc Say again, flight.
Kraft: Probably be after the pass over the States before we
can get it to him.
CC Gemini 4, we'll update you with the orbit calculations
sometime after the pass over the States.
S/C Roger, understand. And bsides our cabin pressure seems
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to be holding even here below 5. It stabilized out initially
at 5.5 and decreased to 5.25 and then went back up to 5-l/2
and it's now down a little below 5.
cc Roger, we copy.
S/C Would you want to get a confirmation for me on that on the
ground.
cc Roger, we're working on it. Put your quantity . . . rate
S/C Roger, going to read.
S/C‘Guaymas, this is Gemini 4. We're going to have to get
resolution right away. Do you want me to really make a major
effort to close with this thing or to save the fuel?
Kraft: I think we should save the fuel.
s/t Guaymas, do you read Gemini 4?
cc Roger. We copy. We suggest that you stand by. We want to
save the fuel.
s/c Roger. I guess we've already expended about a hundred
feet per second.
cc You've expended a hundred feet per second? Roger.
Kraft: I don't think it's worth it.
cc We're finished with the quantity readings.
cc Gemini 4.
WC Roger.
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cc You can place the quantity read switch to off.
s/c Rog.
cc Flight, Guaymas.
Kraft: Go ahead.
CC Ok. On the ground, the cabin's holding fairly steady at
5.2* Did you copy the readouts of the spacecraft?
Kraft: Affirmative. You might tell him that as far as we're
concerned we want to save the fuel. We're concerned about the
lifetime more than we are matching that booster.
cc ' Gemini 4, Guaymas Cap Corn. Flight advises that he'd like
to save the fuel. You'll be advised over the Cape.
S/C I just can't wait till I get to the Cape. I guess we're
just going to &ve to watch it go away. I'd like to save
enough to help bring me down - I don't want to get down to
wherever it's going.
cc Roger.
Kraft: Tell him to forget it.
CC Ok. I guess we'll scrub it.
S/C Ok. Get me a tag on my orbit as quick as you can.
cc We're working on it. Did you get that, Flight?
Kraft: Affirmative - I got that.

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cc Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn.
s/c Go ahead, Houston. Gemini 4.
cc Jim, we estimate you've used about 50 percent of your
OAMS capabiality at this time.
s/c Roger, I think we ought to knock it off, Gus. It's
probably 3 or 4 miles away and we just can't close up.
cc Right. Knock off - no more rendezvousing with the booster.
s/c Ok. Roger.
CC Ok. We're giving you a go for your EVA at thistime.
S/C ok.
cc I'm going to give you . .
S/C What kind of an orbit am I in now?
cc We're working on it but you may not get it till you get
to the Canaries.
S/C Ok.
CC Ok. I'm going to give you your 3-1, 3-4 and 4-4 times.
Tell me when you're ready to copy.
s/c Stand by one.
cc Roger.
s/c Be advised I'm going to let the booster go and . . . we're
going to aline the platform back to conserve fuel.
cc Roger.
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cc Gemini 4, Houston.
S/C Go ahead, Houston. Gemini 4 is ready to copy.
cc Roger. 3-1, 171 3 plus 42, 18, 19, 03. 2 plus 23, 8
plus 42. Want to read those back to me?
S/C Roger. 3-1, 171 3 plus 42, 18, 19, 03. 2 plus 23, 8
plus 42.
This Is Gemini Control Houston. The spacecraft at this time
is over the Canary Station. We are 1 hour and 51 minutes into the
mission. Since the pass across the United States, the Mission
Director and his Systems Advisors have consulted and based on the
usage of fuel up to this point which is - the usage has been an
estimated 160 feet/set available out of a total of 360 feet/set
available leaving him 200 feet per second, the Mission Director
has decided not to attempt any closer approaches to the booster
that is, he will not attempt the Gemini 4 spacecraft will not
attempt to come closer to the booster during the - during this
revolution when we will attempt extravehicular activity, and he
will not attempt to come any closer during the fifth revolution as
previously announced.
The new elements for the spacecraft has resulted in maneuvering
during the first revolution or 103 mile perigee that's statute miles,
and 180 miles apogee. White has been busy the last 5 minutes
unstowing his extravehicular equipflent and adjusting it, getting ready
for his - the hatch opening. This is Gemini Control at one hour and
52 minutes into the flight. This is Gemini Control Houston. Two
hours and ILL minutes into the mission with the spacecraft over the
Tanaverie station.
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Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 7, Patye :
As the spacecraft moved across the African continent, Ed White
was busy going through the detailed checklist, some 40 items long,
and preparing for his extravehicular maneuver, getting his gear out
of various storage boxes, putting it in place, moving the switches
to the right position and presumably, he has accomplished most of
that preliminary work at this time. We see no constraints at all on
the extravehicular activity at this particular moment. They look
very good in the spacecraft. The Pilot and the Command Pilot have
been advised that they can play their attitudes anyway they like,
that is they can be hatch up, or hatch down during the extravehicular
activity, and, in
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 7, ia;: 4
general, we are looking very good. We would like to play for you
now the conversation recorded as the spacecraft moved across the
African continent, and we have that tape for you now.
cc Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn. Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn.
cc Be advised, you are not key in our transmitter.
cc Okay, could you give me a manual key.
cc Roger, will manual key.
cc Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn. Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn.
Houston, this is an advisory, we are manually keying you.
cc Roger, I'm not getting any report back. Gemini 4, Houston
Cap Corn.
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Houston, be advised, you are now key.
cc Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn, over.
s/c Come in Houston acdtxGemini 4, how do you

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read?
cc I read you loud and clear Champ. Say, for your attitudes for
ETA, go ahead with the same attitudes you planned, that is
BEF and 180 degrees roll. That should be the best for photographic
purposes.
s/c Roger.
cc And to get the picture of the spacecraft your best bet would
be to move out forward.
s/c Say again.
cc Your best sun angle for getting a picture of the spacecraft would
be to move out forward from the spacecraft.
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S/C Roger, will move out forward. We'll be BEF upside down.
CC Roger.
s/c It is a getting a bit crowded in here, Gus.
cc I'll bet.
Gemini 4,
cc Hey, Jim. Jim, this is Houston. XS@@X&@, Houston.
CANO, are you still manually keying?
Negative. We will manual key if you wish.
cc Okay, manual key. Key, I'd like to talk to him one more time.
We are manually keyed.
cc Gemini, Houston.
Houston, this is CANO, would you try to key.
cc Gemini, this is Houston.
s/c Come in Houston, Gemini 4.
cc Hey, Jim. You don't have to go upside down if you don't want
to whatever position is best for you.
We have no constrain on your attitude.
Houston, be advised that you are intermittently keyed. We
will manually key you.

Houston, this is Kano. Be advised that you are manually keyed.
ISA30 here, , . .
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This is Gemini Control, Houston. Two hours and 25 minutes
into this mission. And l.,ithin the last 30 seconds we've
established contact with the Gemini 4 spacecraft at Carnarvan.
Pilot Jim McDivitt - Command Pilot Jim McDivitt at this time
is giving the ground the blood pressure reading. He advises
that Ed White is in the final stages of hooking up his umbilical
and his other equipments necessary for the extra-vehicular
equipment - for the extra-vehicular exercise - pardon me. He
also advises that things are running a little slow on the
checklist but apparently it's nothing too serious. Within
six minutes, the general plan calls for Ed White to switch
over to his extra-vehicular equipment and go off the spacecraft
cabin environmental control system, at which point he'll make
a final check of all his emergency equipment for that extra-
vehicular maneuver. Let's tune in now to the tape as it's
started - the conversation at Carnarvan.
s/c . . .right now. He's trying to get his umbilical on.
CC ok. We need a blood pressure reading from the Command Pilot.
s/c Stand by one. You might advise Flight, by way of the
land lines that we're running late on this thing. There's a
lot to do and we're having trouble keeping track of all this.
CC Ok. Copy that, Flight?

s/c Roger. I'll give you a blood pressure as soon as I
get around to it.
cc Roger. Flight, Carnarvan.
Flight: Go ahead.
cc He‘s running late on his flight plan.
Flight We understand.
CC Ok. I'm going to cut off on the count checks.
S/C You want it back on continuous?
cc That's affirmative. Back on continuous.
S/C Do you want both on or just the reentry one?
cc . . . temperature.
S/C ok. As soon as I get the blood pressure, then I'll give
you . . .
CC Ok. Radar track at Carnarvan.
CC ok. Give me a . . - for about 10 seconds.
s/c Roger. I can't give you a good blood pressure. The bulb
popped off.
cc Flight, Carnarvan.
Flight Go ahead
cc He's having trouble with the blood pressure bulb. It just
popped off. You want to give him the EVA go?
Flight Affirmative
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cc Roger, we'll go without the blood pressure then.
Flight Affirmative.
cc Gemini 4, you are go for the EVA and decompression. Dis-
regard the blood pressure unless you've got ten minutes. Then
try and get a pressure. We'd appreciate it.
S/C We don't have any time at all. We're really pressed here.
CC Ok.
cc Ok, between your first and your second repressurization
in that wait period, we want you to put your radiator in bypass
and in the flow after you repressurize the second time.
WC Roger.
s/c Just advised Cap Corn that we're running a little late and
we might not be ready at Hawaii.
cc All right - he knows that.
Flight You might tell him if he doesn't make it this pass,
we*11 take his evaluation and we'll do it next pass. If he
doesn't think he can make it.
cc All right. Houston advises that if you are unable to
make it this time, we'll take your evaluation and we'll pick it
up on the next pass.
s/c Roger, understand that.

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CC ok. You don't have to acknowledge this. You're in
an 89.2 by 155 orbit. And it's a 4.8 day lifetime.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. Two hours and 35
minutes into the mission. And Ed White and Jim McDivitt are
making their final preparations for an extra-vehicular activity:
at this point the spacecraft is on the northeast coast of
Australia. Meanwhile, within the last minute, we've been
advised by our Department of Defense recovery room here at
Houston that an airplane - a C-54 telemetry airplane is having
some engine trouble. Its position right now is 350 miles south
of Bermuda. It's returning to Bermuda with one engine out.
The situation is not considered critical, however, other air-
planes will go out and meet the C-54 and bring it in to.Bermuda.
The aircraft with engine trouble is estimating Bermuda in about
one hour and fifty minutes from now - ten minutes before noon
CST. This is Gemini Control.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. Within the past minute
the Canton station has raised the Gemini 4 spacecraft and the
Command Pilot, Jim McDivitt, advises that all is in readiness
for the extra vehicular maneuver. Here in the Control Center,
the Mission Director wanted to pass along the information that

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if they were at all rushed on the flight plan just to hold off
for one pass and do it the next pass. But the word from Gemini
4 is that all the connections have been made and they're quite
ready and prepared to undertake the extra-vehicular maneuver.
They're standing by momentarily for some word from Hawaii at
which point - or within a few minutes of LOS at Hawaii - we're
not just sure, the right hatch door should be opened. This is
Gemini Control, two hours and 49 minutes into the mission.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. The Hawaii station has
just been in touch with Command Pilot Jim McDivitt. He
apparently has decided that things were a bit too rushed and
has elected to wait until the next pass around in order to
attempt his extra-vehicular activity. The first indication
we had of this was the cabin pressure reading on the ground
which still showed something over 5 pounds of cabin pressure.
Within seconds after that, Jim McDivitt's voice came up on
the loop and he said that they had decided to wait until the
next revolution. Apparently all of the connections and the
unstowing of articles got a little hectic there over Carnarvan.
We did note that Ed White was working awfully hard to get his -
all of his connections strapped on. The feeling here was that,
if they so elected, they could certainly wait until another

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revolution and they have taken that choice. This is Gemini
Control. The spacecraft at this time is some 700 to 800
miles southeast of Hawaii, proceeding toward the United States.
We should have contact from our California station within three
to four minutes and we expect no further advisories until that
point. I want to reaffirm that the status aboard appears to be
excellent at this time. The pilots have elected to wait one
more pass before attempting the extra-vehicular activity. Two
hours and 53 minutes into the mission. This is Gemini Control,
Houston.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. We have re-racked the
tape from the Hawaii pass and are prepared to play it for you.
I think you'll note the unusual clarity of the conversation.
As best I can recall it's about the cleanest one we've had so
far into the flight. Could we have that tape now, please.
cc Gemini 4, Hawaii Cap Corn. Do you copy?
s/e Rv=r, Hawaii. I read you loud and clear.
cc Roger. What is your status.
S/C Standby one.
cc Houston Flight, the cabin pressure is 5.4 on my meter here
on the ground.
S/C Hawaii, Gemini 4.
cc Go ahead, Gemini 4.
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S/C Next pass around. I don't think we want to try it.
cc Understand next pass around.
Flight: Tell him we're happy with that.
cc Roger, Gemini 4. We're happy with that.
Flight: Hawaii, Houston Flight.
cc Go ahead, Flight.
Flight: Tell him to get back on the normal suit circuit.
cc Roger. Gemini 4, Hawaii Cap Corn.
s/c Stand by one.
S/C ok. Go ahead, Hawaii.
cc Roger. Flight advises go back on normal suit circuit until
next round and then go back over Carnavan.
s/c Roger. That's what we're doing right now. We just plan
in action.
cc Roger, understand.
This is Gemini Control Houston. Three hours into the mission
and within the past minute, 30 seconds actually, our California
Station has raised the spacecraft, Gus Grissom is in conversation

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with Jim McDivit at this time and let's tune in live on that
conversation as it moves across the United States.
. . . .
cc Say again.
s/c Just wanted to confirm if we had passed the retrofire time.
cc Hey Jim, you do have your computer on, don't YOU?
s/c Negative, I don't have it on. Do you want it on at this
time.
cc Ah, roger, cut it on. We are going to give you a 4-4 time.
SIC Okay, I thought we were going to get it later. I'll cut
it on at this time.
cc Prelaunch mode.
s/c Roger, prelaunch
s/c . . . . on, over
cc Say again Jim.
s/c I say my computer lights on, we're ready.
cc Roger.
. . . . .
cc I think you did a smart thing back there.
Roger.
s/c Yeah, it would have been a short flight if we kept pushing
that bottle around.

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cc Yeah, sounds like you have been awfully busy this first couple
of orbits , you know.
s/c It would have been impossible. We had never got the EXA gone
at all.
s/c It was . . . . . and it's really nice.
Cap Corn, Cape Flight.
cc Go ahead.
Get him to describe his status inside the cockpit in regard to
the equipment, what he's got hooked up and ready to go with.
cc Okay. Hey, Jim, Jim, this is Houston. Gemini 4 Houston Cap
Corn.
s/c Go ahead Houston, 'Gemini 4.
cc How about describing the way the cockpit is layed out now with
all of your gear out.
s/c Okay, Well, we've got to the get out position here and when .we
finally called it quits it was obvious that we wern't going to
make it at that time without really rushing, and I didn't want
to do that.
cc Roger.
s/c Roger. He has most of the equipment on him right now. I've
got the gun and the camera and the hatch fitting, the fitting
to couple the two suit hoods together with, that is all the
paraf inelia on him right now, but he is on suit circuit, got

the repress valve off, and we are just about all set to go.
I think that when we get right over Africa, we are going to go

through the checklist again, and when we get to Canarvon, we
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cc Roger. Have you taken any pictures yet?
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s/c No, as a matter of a fact, we really haven't had time to
. . .
cc Okay, you haven't had any time yet, have you.
s/c It is a nice spacecraft though, Gus.
cc Good. Do you have the shutoff valve on the chest pack closed?
s/c Roger, it is.
cc Okay.
s/c Okay, we get her update then?
Did you get any update Pete, retro?
Yes sir. The computer works done in and the TR clock.
Rog.
Got that Cap Corn.
cc Roger, I got it okay.
Cap Corn, just to verify, he never started a depressurization.
Is that correct.
cc Gemini 4. Gemini 4, Houston.
California, LOS
cc Gemini 4 Houston. Gemini 4, Houston.
California is LOS.
Texas, go to air-to-ground remote.
Roger, Texas is in air-to-ground remote.

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s/c Gemini 4, do you read me now.
cc Roger, I lost you there for a minute. Say, you never did start
to decompress, did you?
s/c Say again.
cc Did you ever start decompressing.
q/c Negative, we never started decompressing.
cc Roger, I understand.
s/c . . . . this is Gemini 4. I think we are right over Texas now.
cc You say you are coming right over big T.
s/c Roger, we are.
CC See any of it?
s/c . . . .
SIC We are over the Gulf right now.
cc Right over the Gulf, huh. Has your weather been good around the
orbit?
s/c We haven't really had time to look out . . . . . .
cc Roger, can you still see the booster?
s/c I don't even know where it is right now Gus.
cc Roger.
s/c We saw it just after we . . . . .
cc you are getting awfully garbled.
s/c Roger, I say again. We saw it when we in the darkness, but we
haven't seen it since we got back out into the light.
cc Roger, I understand yousaw it on the dark side.
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cc Gemini 4, you still with me?
Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn.
S/C EQ@XXvs Go ahead Houston, Gemini 4.
cc Roger, we just switch remote. Is Hd still there?
s/c Yeah, he just doesn't like to talk, I guess.
s/c . . . .
cc Roger, did you get pretty heated up getting all that gear out?
s/c Roger, I got pretty warm.
cc How do you feel now?
s/c Fine
cc Good.
cc Did you guys have any water to drink yet?
s/c Negative.
I think the booster should be about 32 miles ahead of him and
about 3 miles below him.
Did you copy that Cap Cam?
cc Jim, we figure that the booster should be about 32 miles ahead
of you and 5 miles below you at this time.
S/C 32 ahead and 5 below?

cc Roger.
s/c We just got a beautiful view of the whole state of Florida.
as we are passing over it now.
cc You got Florida in sight, huh?
s/c From the top to the bottom.

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cc Very good.
s/c We are looking right down at the Cape now. You can see the launch
complexes down there. It is quite clear.
cc Hey, Jim. Gemini 4. We would like for you to turn your cabin
wx heat exchanger on until you get ready to decompress, and fan.
s/c Ah, roger. We are not getting hot if that is what you're worried
about.
cc Our cabin temperature is getting up a little.
s/c Okay.
s/c Cap Corn, Gemini 4.
cc Go ahead. This is Houston, Go ahead.
s/c Roger. How about turning the computer off?
cc Affirmative.
Turn it off.
Don't forget to drink some water now.
s/c Yeah, can we turn the computer off.
cc Roger, turn the computer off.
s/c Houston, Gemini 4, do you read.
cc Roger, we read you. Go ahead.
s/c Roger, how about turning the computer off.
cc Roger, turn off the computer!
s/c OKAY!
This is Gemini Control.Houston. For the last 15 minutes you
have listened to the conversation as the spacecraft moved across the
United States. Apparently, we have lost signal, lost contact with

the Bermuda Station. Three hours *and 15 minutes into the mission.
Tape 9, Pace 7
We apparently have lost contact with our Bermuda station at this
time. For the last 15 minutes we have been listening to a live
transmission from the spacecraft and generally, I guess it might
be characterized as a settleing down sort of past. Jim, getting
another transmission, another conversation from &&IX McDivit and
Grissom. Let's go back to that conversation.
s/c Go ahead Houston, Gemini 4.

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cc As you come over Ascension I am going to try and give you
a check. Air-to-ground hasn't worked too well today and we
sure would like to get that one up.
s/c Roger, we'll be waiting.
cc Roger.
s/c Would you advise that we've both had a drink and I had 10 12.
cc Roger.
This is Gemini Control Houston., We're still getting a good
solid TM contact from Bermuda. The voice circuit however,
became noisy as you probably noted during that last conversation.
The burden of it was that over Ascension the spacecraft and the
ground will attempt a voice contact. We are interested in the

quality of that contact which will be remoted back here from
Ascension Island in the Central South Atlantic Ocean. This is
Gemini Control at 3 hours and 18 minutes into the mission.

This is Gemini Control Houston. Three hours and 48 minutes into
the mission. Spacecraft off the southeast coast of Africa. We have
not acquired by our ground remote circuit with the Tanaverive Station,
I repeat, we did not acquire the spacecraft. We have had trouble with
that Tanaverie relay all morning. It did work once, it did not work
this time. We are estimating our extravehicular activity to begin in
approximately 35 to 40 minutes from now over Hawaii. Earlier, we
mentioned an airplane in trouble south of Bermuda. That airplane has
now been intercepted with several other aircraft. It's estimated to
be in Bermuda at Kin&ey Air Force Base in approximately 20 minutes.
This is Gemini Control.

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This is Gemini Control Houston 4 hours and 1 minute into the
mission. The Canarvon Station in western Australia is in touch with
the Gemini 4 spacecraft at this time and Command Pilot Jim McDivit
reports the status is excellent onboard and they are prepared to
start the wt%~&x depressurization of the cabin preliminary to the
extravehicular activity. In the last minute the - we had a blood
pressure reading from both the Command Pilot and the Pilot. The
blood. pressure readings came through loud and clear and they are
quite nominal values. The sequence of events here calls for depressuri-
zation followed by final check list, preliminary to opening that hatch.
They are estimating that that would occur over the Hawaii station.
Our contact should be even better on this pass then it would have been
on the previous pass. Meanwhile, most of the flight controllers here
have taken about a 10 to 15 minute break, they have had a sandwich and
a cup of coffee, and they have returned to their consoles in preparation
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 10, Page2
for this important maneuver. This is Gemini Control.
'l&is is Gemini Control in Houston. We are still in touch with

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the Gemini 4 spacecraft over Western Australia, and we are prepared
to play at that time a tape of that conversation which is still in

progress. Let's hear the tape now.
s/c Hello Carnarvon. Hello Carnarvon. Gemini IV.
Cc!’ Gemini IV. Carnarvon CAPCOM
s/c Roger Carnarvon, Gemini IV. How do you read?
cc Loud and clear. Over.
s/c Loud and clear.
cc Roger. Will you turn your cabin fan off. Heat exchanger to 4 1.
s/c Roger. Cabin fan off and cabin heat exchanger to 4 1.

cc Roger. We would like a blood pressure from the cormnand pilot.
What is your status for EVA?
s/c The status is GO for EVA.
cc Okay. You are GO for EVA from here. In for decompression.

CorrectJon
. . . epressurization. Could you give us the blood pressure
on the command pilot?
s/c Roger. I'm going to try to give you a blood pressure right now.
cc Alright.
Okay, keep coming. It is coming up.

Your pulse is till scale.
Could you give me about 10 seconds on your quanity read switch,
please?
s/c Quantity read is on.
cc Roger.
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s/c Quantity read is on.
cc Roger. Okay we gota good blood pressure from you. Now, your
right secondary O2 should be open. Your left secondary O2 should
be closed.
s/c Affirmative. That's the configuration. The left is closed the
right is open. I understand we have a GO to start the decom-
pression. Is that right?
cc That's affirmative. GO for decompression and a GO for EVA.
s/c Roger. I expect to be out . . . .I will call near Hawaii.
cc Roger. Very good.
FLT Go ahead.
cc Okay. You got any-thing you want to pass to them.
FLT Negative.
cc Okay. I'm going to cut off the conversation to them then.
FLT We would like to have the quantity switch to read throughout
the pass, starting now -

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Elt0 e:
This is Gemini Control. Four hours and 24 minutes into
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the mission. The Hawaii station has just established contact
and the pilot Jim McDivitt advises the cabin has been depres-
surized. It is reading zero. We are standing by for a Go
from Hawaii to open that hatch. Meanwhile, we've been advised
by Flight Dynamics that the booster, the second stage booster,
is approximately 65 miles in front of the spacecraft and about
three miles below it. It is not known whether the pilot or
the command pilot will be able to see it. Meanwhile Ed White
reports he's feeling fine. And standby for a mark from Hawaii.
This is Gemini Control. White has opened the door - he
has stood up and it's a most relaxed period. McDivitt reports
that White is standing in the seat. Let's hear that conversation
live right now while is standing up in the seat - the hatch is
open. Let's go with a live broadcast. from Gemini 4.
CC Flight, Hawaii.
Flight Go ahead.
CC Emergency 02 is 3400 psi.
Flt Roger, we copy.
cc Roger. He is standing in the seat.
??lt Roger, we copy.

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cc All systems on the ground look good.
Flight Roger.
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WC Our ECS is real good. It's reading still 50 percent.
Looks like we're not even using any.
cc We concur on the ground.
s/c Hell, Hawaii, hello, Hawaii
cc We understand.
Flight . . you're having him get out?
cc Roger, flight, we're go. He's got some nice elevated
rates which we expected and he‘s really speeded it up but he
looks great - let's go (This transmission was from the Flight
Surgeon.)
Flight Hawaii, Houston.
cc Houston Flight, Hawaii Cap Corn. Go.
Flight Tell him we're ready to have him get out when he is.
Flight Tell him to give us a mark.
cc Gemini 4, Hawaii Cap Corn.
s/c Come in, Hawaii, Gemini 4.
cc Roger. We just had word from Houston we're ready to have
you get out whenever you're ready. Give us a mark when you
egress the spacecraft.

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WC Okay we've got our Go now - is that right?
cc Affirmative.
S/c ok. '
cc Be sure and give us a mark when he egresses.
S/C Ok. We're still doing a little work right here.
Flight Get his status, Hawaii.
cc Hawaii Cap Corn, what is your status now?
WC We're about ready to start getting out. Ed just got one
of his gloves back on and he'll put another one on and we're
ready to go.
cc Can you repeat Gemini 4?
WC He's ready to egress right now.
cc Gemini 4, Hawaii Cap Corn. Can you repeat your last trans-
mission.
This is Gemini Control, Apparently the spacecraft has
lost contact. The Hawaii station advises that "I think the
last transmission was 'He is getting out right now' at 45
past the hour. Very shortly after that transmission we had

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loss of sight. Gus Grissom, Cap Corn here, isn't so sure that
that was the burden of the message. It'll be several minutes

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before we can establish whether he did leave the spacecraft
at that time or not. In any case, he was feeling good. The
surgeon was entirely satisfied with what he was reading and the
weather over the United States looks like it's going to cooperate.
The weather in the southwest is clear over Arizona. Moving
farther east, partly cloudy over Texas and Louisiana, scattered
. clouds over Florida. So, in general, the viewing while White
is out in space over the United States should be excellent. We'll
stand by for a recontact with our California station in perhaps
two minutes.. This is Gemini Control at four hours and 31 minutes
into the mission.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. Gus Grissom has just
established contact with the spacecraft. McDivitt confirmed
that White did leave the spacecraft. He said he looks great.
He's outside working his maneuvering unit and Jim is quite
exuberant about the performance that he's witnessing at this
time. Let's cut in live now and listen to what White says.
We've not heard him say anything over his comm loop, but let's
tune in on that conversation.
This is Gemini Control. The voice you hear repeating
. .
"It's working - keep talking there" is Jim McDivitt -
CC Tell him to keep talking - we're receiving Ed through
your VOX. .
S/C Ok. We'll go to VOX then. Ok, Ed, they're receiving us
Tell them what you think.
White: Cap Corn, the maneuvering unit is good. The only problem
I have is that I haven't got enough fuel. I've exhausted the
fuel now and I was able ti maneuver myself down to the bottom
of the spacecraft and I was roght up on top of the ddapter.
. . . Jim and came back into his view. The only thing I am . .
. . . Over my head and I'm looking right down and it looks like
we're coming up on the coast of California. And I'm going in
slow rotation to the right. There is absolutely no disorient-
ation association.
S/C One thing .about it when Ed gets out there and starts
whipping around it sure makes the spacecraft tough to control.
cc Is he taking pictures?
WC Of the ocean. This is only my guess. He took the first
one.
cc Take some pictures.
White: I'm going to work on getting some pictures, Jim.

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S/C Ok. Get out in front where I can see you again.
1've only got about three in the Hasselblad.

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White: Ok.
s/c Where are you?
White: Right out in front now. I don't have the control I had
any more . .
cc And you've got about five minutes.
mite: I want to get out and shoot some more pictures . . .
S/C ok. ~'rn going to start firing the thrusters now.
White: There's no difficulty in recontacting the spacecraft.
It's all very . . . particularly in trying to move back . .
I'm very thankful in having the experience to be first. Right
now I'm on top of the . . . the window. I pulled myself in
and put myself in . .
S/C Move slowly and I'll take your picture.
Haney: Can he see the booster, Gus?
White: Right now I could maneuver much better if I just had the
gun but I'll manage. . .
S/C Ok. Stay right there if you can.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. . . Here they are again.
WC Ed, will you please roll around. Right now we're pointing
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just about straight down to the ground.
White: Ok, now I'm taking a look back at the adapter - I'm
looking back there. Couldn't see . . . The thrusters are
clean. The sun in space is not blinding but it's quite nice.
Also the Velcro that we put on seems to be in good shape. . .
I'm coming back down on the spacecraft. I can sit out here and
see the whole California coast.Looking on further out . . .
Flight, this is Surgeon. The data looks great here.
Flight: How's his EKG?
Surgeon: It looks great, Flight. He's just ripping along
here at a great rate.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. Here on the ground we're
watching a scope of the heart action and respirations.
s/c For your information, Ed, we're only down to 48 percent on
our 02. And the ECS 02 pressure is about 830 so it's staying
right up there.
White: . .
WC Oh, yeah, is that right? Where it's attached to you or
where it's attached to the spacecraft?
White: Where it's attached to the spacecraft.
cc Gemini 4, this is Houston Cap Corn
WC Hey, Ed, smile.

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White: I'm looking right down your gun barrel, huh? All
right.
SIC Let me take a close-up picture of you.
s/c YOU smeared up my windshield, you dirty dog. You see how
it's all smeared up there.
White: Yep.
s/c Looks like there's a coating on the outside and you've
rubbed it off. That's apparently what you've done.
s/c The spacecraft rates are up about one degree per second in
pitch and yaw and about a half degree per second in roll.
s/c Ed, I don't even know exactly where we are but it looks
like we're about over Texas.

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WC As a matter of fact that area looks like Houston down
below.
cc Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn
WC Hey, Gus, I don't know if you read us but we're right over
Houston.
White: .,. we're looking right down on Houston.
WC Go on out and look.
cc Gemini 4, Houston
WC Yeah, that's Galveston Bay right there. Hey, Ed, can you
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see it on your side of the spacecraft.
White: I'll get a picture.
s/c Can you ‘see the camera here?
White: Yeah.
s/c Is it pointing at you.
White: No, Not now.
s/c Which way.
White: . . . I'm not getting a picture.
s/c . Now don't get back there where the -
White: I'm right behind you and right above where . .
White: . . .
s/c That'11 really be it, huh?
White: Yeah.
cc Gemini 4, Houston. .
White: . . . . of the Texas . . . I only shot about three or
four.
s/c Is that right? Well, I've taken a lot but they're not
very good. You're in too close for most of them. I finally put
the focus down to about 8 feet or so.
cc Gemini 4, Houston,
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s/c You know, Ed, this thing about the reference we were
talking about looks like it's sure right.

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s/c Let's see what Kleinknecht has got to say.
,Flight: The flight director says get back in.
WC Gus, this is Jim. Got any message for us.
cc Gemini 4, get back in.
S/C Ok.
WC I don't know. We're coming over the west there and they
want you to come back in now.
cc Roger. We've been trying to talk to you for a while here.
White: This is fun.
s/c Well, back in. Come on.
White: . . . to come back to you, but I'm coming.
s/c Youstill havethree and.a half or four days ago, buddy.
White: I'm coming.
s/c OK.
cc You've got about four minutes to Bermuda LOS.
cc Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn.,
White: I'm trying to .. .
s/c Ok, Ok. Don't wear yourself out now. Just come on in.
s/c How you doing there?
White: The spacecraft really looks like it's . . . . because

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whenever a piece of dirt or something goes by it always heads
right for that door and goes on out.
S/C Ok - whoops, take it easy now.
White: Ok. ~'rn on top of it right now.
s/c ok, you're right on top. Come on in then.
White: The hand hold on that spacecraft is fantastic. You can
really . . . . Aren't you going to hold my hand?
S/C No, come on in the . . .
WC Ed, come on in here.
White: All right.

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WC I'll put the gun up.
White: I'll open the door and come through there.
S/C Ok. Let's not lose this camera now. I don't quite have
it. A little bit more. Ok. I've got it.
White: . .
s/c Yeah, we sort-of talked about that -
White: Huh?
WC We sort of talked about that didn't get very much of a
chance.
White: No.
WC Come on. Let's get back in here before it gets dark.

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White: It's the saddest moment of my life.
s/c Well, you're going to find it sadder when we have to
come down with this whole thing.
White: I'm coming.
S/C Ok. Come on now.
WC Let's see you get those hand dogs fixed now.
s/c I'm just putting all this stuff down here . . .
I'm going on in a minute. No time to talk now - I'm pulling in
his air hose. Ok. Any messages for us Houston?
Flight: Yeah, get back in.
cc Are you getting him back in?
s/c Yeah, he's standing in the seat now and his legs are down
below the instrument panel.
cc Ok, get him back in. You're going to have Bermuda LOS
in about 20 seconds.
s/c Ok, he's coming in. He's having some trouble getting
back there in the spacecraft.
cc Are your cabin lights up bright in case you hit darkness?
This is Gemini Control, Houston. We apparently have lost
the signal in Bermuda after an extraordinary 20-minute conversation
f. -..--- _-- I .-
with Pilot Jim McDivitt and Ed White. The reason for the
a
delay in receipt of the'signal from Houston was, of course,
that McDivitt had his key so - in a position so that he could
not receive the signal up here. No great concern on the ground.
The conversation was certainly stimulating and we are assuming
by now, at last report we have Ed down in the seat and we're
assuming by now that they're about to close the door on that.
And We're now hearing McDivitt again.
s/c . . especially what kind of pictures we had there - . .
cc Roger.
Flight: What did he say, Gus.
cc That he was busy and would rather not talk to us.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. We have lost signal
with Bermuda. At our last report, McDivitt was - everything was
going along all right. We're standing by right now. We expect
to get a cue from the Flight Director as to when we'll next
depressurize and open the spacecraft. This is, according to
our original plan, in order to jettison some of the bulkier
gear. Among theitems to be discarded in space are the chest
pack, the emergency chest pack that Ed used, the space
maneuvering unit, the umbilical, a number of items. There's
some question as to whether the maneuvering unit will be
discarded. It's not too bulky. At very least, the propulsion -

the oxygen propulsion bottles.on the maneuvering unit will be
discarded, perhaps the little thruster - oxygen thruster engines

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will be retained in the spacecraft. This is Gemini Control, four
hours and 53 minutes into the mission.

(First tape after EVA)
This is Gemini'Control Houston. We are 5 hours and 10 minutes
into the mission. To review for you the times, approximate times of
the extravehicular activity of Major White. We estimate here that
the hatch was open, the right hatch was opened at 42 minutes after
the hour. We have a time hack on his, his actual pushaway from the
spacecraft at 45 minutes after the hour. He was back in and standing
on the seat at 5 minutes after the hour, some 20 minutes after he
left the spacecraft. We have not had an approximate time of closure,
however. Ascension was reading the spacecraft on some telemetry
channels. They did not raise it by voice as it passed over that

station a very few minutes ago. Right now, its approaching the
Tanarive Station and then we also have a station which may or may
not be able to raise it at Pretoria South Africa. The next major
discussion we can look from for is the Carnarvon Station, some 8 to
10 minutes from now. The spacecraft is in a darkside right now.
Our data here shows approximately 2 pounds of fuel, 2 pounds of fuel
were used to maintain attitude during the extravehicular activity.
The mission seems to be proceeding very nicely at 5 hours and 11
minutes in. This is Gemini Control Houston.

This is Gemini Control Houston. 5 hours and 31 minutes into
the mission with the spacecraft almost dead center over the Indian
Ocean. Cur last contact - the last advisory on the progress of the
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was from Ascension. We did not establish voice contact there.
Everything from that point

was fairly optim&tic. We still are unable
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to supply a precise time on hatch closure, however, we have the
Carnarvon station coming up with communications from Carnarvon have
been excellent all day. We have a report that both Mrs. McDivit and
Mrs. White are in route to the Control Center now. They plan - this
is a little unscheduled visit. I think they want to stop by and
shake a few hands with some people here who followed the - this
extravehicular .activity very closely since wxk2RtpxbawP+mwFww

it's beginning. 'Ihis is Gemini Control at 5 hours and 32 minutes
into the flight.
This is Gemini Control Houston. Within the last minute we
have established contact with the Gemini 4 spacecraft at Carnarvon.
Jim McDivit's first words were "Hello Carnarvon, nice to have some-
one to talk to again". He apparently noted the long blank in the
network also. He advised us that the cabin has been repressurized
and holding nicely at 5.1 psi. He has been given an update and a go
for at least a 6 revolution flight which is his next nominal landing
point should anything develop between now and then. I emphasize
that this is just a routine update. All of the values we have heard
sound entirely nominal. We want to stand by and listen to additional

discussions. This is Gemini Control at 5 hours and 35 minutes.
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This is Gemini Control, Houston, five hours and 44 minutes

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into the mission. We've just completed a conversation between

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the Gemini 4 spacecraft and the Carnarvan station. And during
the course of the pass, Jim McDivitt advised that the cabin
had repressurized to 5.2 pounds. He advised that he had elected
not to depressurize, as had been called for in the earlier
flight plan. He didn't pass along a reason. The best guess here
in the Control Center is that they probably decided that they'd
like to keep the equipment as a souvenir. He did indicate they
were going ahead and stowing the gear and he also advised that
they could see the booster flashing some 60 miles away. We have
re-racked that tape for you and we're prepared to play it for you
.at this time. This is Gemini Control.
WC Gemini 4, Carnarvon, read you loud and clear. How so you
read me. Over.
cc Cap Corn Carnarvap,Gemini 4. Gemini 4, Gemini 4, Carnarvan
reads you loud and clear. Over.
cc Gemini 4, Carnarvan Cap Corn.
S/C Hello, Carnarvan, hello, Carnarvan, Gemini 4.
cc Gemini 4, Carnarvan Cap Corn.
S/C Carnarvan, Gemini 4. Do you Read me?
cc Roger, loud and clear.

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S/C Loud and clear. It's nice to have somebody to talk to again. ,-
cc Roger, it's good fo hear you. How are things going?
S/C ok. We're back inside the spacecraft. We're repressurized
to 5 psi. We are not, I say again, we are not going to
depressurize the spacecraft again.
cc 'Roger, understand. How are you feeling?
WC Say again.
cc How are your feeling?
S/C Very, very fine. We're feeling great.
cc ' Roger; Can you give me a battery readout, please.
s/c Roger. Battery readout coming up.
cc Roger.
S/C- Before you get the battery readout, do you want me to stay
powered up or do you want me to start power down?
cc Negative. I'd like you to keep the power on your computer
on until I estimate your time and loads. Then if you are Go,
we'll power you down.
S/C Ok, I'm going to bring the computer on the line now. It's not
on yet.
CC Roger. Turn your computer up. If your platform is off, you
can leave it off.
WC It is.
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S/C 6-l/2. la is 24 volts.
cc Say again, please.

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s/c Roger. la and 1.b are 6-l/2 .,
cc Volts?
s/c That's amps. And 24 volts.

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cc Go ahead.
s/c lc is 7 amps. 24 volts.

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cc Roger.
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s/c 2a is 7 and a half. 24.
cc Roger,
WC 2b.is 6;aqd a half - 24.
cc Roger.
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s/c 2c is 5 and a half - 24 and they look good. The RCS a and b
are both holding up fine.
cc Roger. We're going, to give you a Go for 6 more. I'll

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update load for you with maneuver. And a 6.4 for you without
maneuver time.
S/C Would you stand by one, please.

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s/c Carnarvan, we won't wait for that one now. We've got
all his equipment in the spacecraft,right now and we're trying
to get it stowed away in a reasonable manner.
CC Ok, understand. I'm going to update your command load first

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And then we'll copy the times when you're ready.
S/C We're ready right now.
CC OK. Just make a PR.
WC I've got it.
cc Roger. Got it in. And you've got a valid 4.4 without....
maneuver. Over.
S/c Understand, we're good for 4.4.
CC OK. Ready to copy your time.
S/C Roger
cc 4-4 1053 3+18 21 08 57 3+00 8+43
S/C Roger, reading back. Area 4-4 1533 18 210857 3+00.8+43.
Affirm this will be done in the following manner - the burns -
110 aft, 43 forward.
S/C Correction. 113 aft, 43 forward. .
CC Roger. You can power down your platforming computer at this
time.
S/C Roger. Clear. Power down.
CC OK. You can turn your quantity read switch off.
S/C Quantities down. So we're going to power down and read ydu
out several other things at this time also-

cc All right. Want to copy some 6.4 times?
S/C Stand by.

cc 6-4 00 00 01 00 08 54 8+12 16+19. That's it.

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s/c Roger. Would you read back the GMT and retrocommand on
64. I can make the 00, Delta V 00 8+12 6+19, and I didn't copy
on the retro time.
cc Roger. That's 01-00 08 54.
WC Roger. I understand. That's 00 08 54. Got it.
cc That's affirmative.
S/C Roger.
CC OK. We have set your adapter C-band beacon to command.
S/c We have set it to command.
cc Roger. We're going to turn it off.
S/C Carnarvan, This is Gemini 4. It looks like our booster's
still out there flashing away.
cc Roger, 4. How far do you think it is?
s/c I really can't tell. It's -- looks like it's about five
or six miles perpendicular to our flight path. Maybe it's more
than that. It could be as far out as twenty miles perpendicular
to us.
cc Roger. Is your adapter C-band in command now?
WC Roger. It is. OK. It looks like I'm ready to turn it off.
s/c Flight, Carnarvan.

Flt Go ahead.
cc The only thing that didn't work properly is I'm not sure
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whether I got that beacon off. It's in command. I tried to
turn it off and just then I had telemetry IDS so I don't know
whether it went off - I don't - I didn‘t get a map deck.
Flight Roger. I understand.
cc But no telemetry. Everything else went normal. And he
sees the booster out there, but he doesn't know whether it's
five or six miles or twenty miles -- it's perpendicular to his
flight path.
Flt Rog. We copied everything. Good pass.
cc Roger. That's affirm.
This is Gemini Control, Houston. We are six hours and
five minutes into the mission. We've just had a short discussion
with the Gemini 4 spacecraft over Hawaii. It was very brief, on
the order of less than a minute. It did develop in that
discussion that there was apparently some small difficulty
in closing the hatch. It was not described in any detail,
and we had asked the spacecraft for a'hatch closure time. They
said they'd figure it out and advise us. They did advise
that Ed White discarded one of the thermal gloves - protective
gloves - that he was wearing. He also discarded a gold over-
visor that he wore while outside the spacecraft. The systems

report from Hawaii was excellent. All the spacecraft systems
functioning very nicely. The cabin pressure holding nicely
at 5.2. Meanwhile, both Pat McDivitt and Pat White, the wives
of these two pilots, are here in the control center. They've
been here approximately a half hour. They have been chatting
with Dr. Gilruth and with Congressman Casey. This is Gemini
Control at six hours and seven minutes into the mission.
This is Gemini Control, Houston, six hours and fourteen
minutes into the mission with the spacecraft moving across
the south central United States. It's been an unusually
quiet pass to date, due largely to the fact that Jim McDivitt
has been taking an oral temperature and, therefore, has stayed
off communications. The communications, themselves, have not
been the best. We don't know whether we have a problem in our
ground site remoting or whether we have a problem in the space-
craft. We plan to work both ends of it in an attempt to clean
up communications. When we do have them, they're noisy, and
we attempted during the earlier part of this pass to go to
using the high frequency communications system via California.
That was an extremely weak and unreadable signal. We're back
on UHF now. We can hear McDivitt, but it is just barely
intelligible. This is Mission Control, Houston, six hours and
fifteen minutes into the mission.

This is Gemini Control Houston. We are 6 hours and 21 minutes
i into the mission. In this pass across the states, we read out medical
values onboard, our flight surgeon here in Houston has been in direct
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ccnversation with both the Command Pilot and the Pilot. One of the
more interesting aspects of the C' ,:;;', I ::aLiun was '1 r. " rl L.'
Dr. Berry as to whether Ed White had any disorientation while he
was extravehicular. White came back very strongly that he had
absolutely no disorientation. He, in fact said that marvel~~~l at the
fact that in no matter what position he seemed to assume, or what
kind of whirl he went into, he was at no time disoriented. He has,

White, that is, has been advised as to go to sleep for about a 11 hour
period. Jim.McDivit, meanwhile, who sounds a little sleepy too, has
advised that he will pick up the fli&t plan as it existed and begin
to begin to program his fuel against his various experiments. This
is Gemini Control at 6 hours and 22 minutes into the mission.

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This is Gemini Control. We are now 7 hours and 59
minutes into the mission. Voice communication with the
spacecraft was'made within the last hour between the tracking
ship Coastal Sentry Quebec and through the Houston communica-
tions center here, talking to the spacecraft through the
Guaymas and California stations on a remote loop. While the
spacecraft was talking to the CoasGilSentrv Quebec, that
tracking ship gave the spacecraft commander a Go for 18
revolutions. McDivitt said his spacecraft was in a Go
condition. The tracking station advised Jim that he looked
very good. At that time McDivitt also made a medical pass
and a blood pressure reading was obtained. Here at the
Gemini Control Center in Houston everything has calmed down
after the EVA. Flight Director Eugene Kranz anticipates no
additional maneuvers will be needed to maintain our four
day orbital lifetime. At the present, the spacecraft is
orbiting at approximately 185 statute miles apogee and 103
statute miles perigee. The fuel remaining aboard the
spacecraft is greater than anticipated since we scrubbed
the rendezvous exercise.- The oxygen consumpr;ion is normal,
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as expected.
The Houston communicator ,during a pass over Southern
California ark& that . tha EVA glove bo put in 8 plastic
bag, and sealed, and stowed away. The'purpose of this is
for an analysis, which will be made, on the ground when the
spacecraft comes home. During the EVA exercise, Pilot White
brushed against the glass window of the spacecraft and they
want to see if anything brushed off with it.
This is Gemini Control, we are now 8 hours and 34 minutes in

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the mission.
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Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 17
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At this time the spacecraft is over the Indian Ocean and we are
into a quiet period of the flight. Pilot Ed White Is sleeping.
Spacecraft commander Jim McDivitt is guiding the spacecraft and
cLT;;municating with the ground at long intervals in between. To
sum up our situation the Gemini IV spacecraft has been given a
GO for 18 revolutions. McDivitt has reported that he and Ed White
are in a GO condition. me oxygen and fuel supply are in good
quantities aboard the spacecraft and at this point in the flight
everything is GO. This is Gemini control.

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This is Gemini control. We are now 9 hours and 19 minutes into tile
mission. The Gemini VI spacecraft is passing over the Pacific Occ2:i
on the day side of the world. It is in the sixth revolution. Fli&,t
surgeon Dr. Dwayne Catterson reports that thus far the medical reaci-
outs on the flight crew look real great. Pilot Ed White is still
asleep. Dr. Catterson reported that White ate some bacon and egg
bites, toast and orange juice before going to sleep. Both astr0nauL.s
have taken water. White did not comment on the food. We had com-
munication with the spacecraft at 8 hours and 37 minutes into the
mission, while it was over the Coastal Sentry Quebec, in the Pacific
Ocean. At that time the Coastal Sentry Quebec updated landing area
times for the flight crew. The Coastal Sentry Quebec also reported
that all spacecraft systems looked good. Flight Director Gene Kranz
has ,just ordered a halt to voice communications with the spacecraft

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because its position relative to the ground tracking stations on tT1I.s
pass makes communications difficult and he wishes to spare the flt&-l1,

crew this difficulty. This is Gemini control.
This is Gemini control.. We are now 9 hours and 38 minutes into the
mission. At the present time the spacecraft has just passed over the
Rose Knot Victor, the tracking ship located off the east coast of
Sduth America. During this pass, the Rose Knot Victor communicator
passed on an updated flight plan for the crew. He advised the com-
mand pilot to start his sleep period at 11 hours into . the flight.
That is approximately 1 hour and i from now. -And to sleep for ap-
proximately 4 hours. He also instructed the pilot to give a medicul
pass - type 'one - at the time the command pilot would be starting his
sleep period. We have had very little voice cormnunication with the
spacecraft. In fact, until this communication with the Rose Knot
Victor we have been out of communication for at least 45 minutes.

Communication has been difficult due to the elevation and angles at
which the spacecraft is passing over the tracking station. *And for
this reason Flight Director Gene Kranz has ordered that voice com-
munication with the spacecraft be kept at a minimin. This is Gemini
control.
This tape had 2 pages.

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This is Gemini Control at 10 hours and 9 minutes into the flight. We
will be out of voice with the spacecraft for approximately another
$ hour. .At this

time the spacecraft is over the Indian Ocean and ic
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ab7i)ut to come up on another sunrise. Flight Director Gene Kranz is
starting the flight crew back.on the regular flight plan. He has
programed times for measurements of outside radiation and of the

earth's magnetic field relative to the spacecraft. He has also
programed the experiment to measure radiation inside the spacecraft.
The first experiment designated D-8 will be made approximately 1 I,(.ilir
from now. 'Ihe latter two designated MSC 1 and 2 commence in approx':.-
mately 2 and $ hours. Flight surgeon Dr. Dwayne Catterson reports
that all the medical data he.has received looks perfectly normal at
this time. Mis.sion Director Chrisphor Id" aft has just returned to
visit the mission control center.., Obviously to see how things arc
going.. They are all going real well. This is Gemini control.
This is Gemini,control. We have not had

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communication with the flight crew for approximately 1 and l/2 hours.
However, we expect to be contacted by voice from the Hawaian tracking
station within moments. Flight Director Gene Kaanz has ask the
Hawaiian station to conduct a UHF comnications check with the space-
craft. .He also asked them to use a minimum amount of spacecraft
fuel for this check. Delayed time telemetry will also be relayed
,from the spacecraft to the ground station. Passing over the Coastal
Sentry Quebectracking station, 'uat prior to pulling into the range

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Quebec reported the pilot is sleeping very soundly. We are not abc~ul.
ready to transmit live communications between the spacecraft and the
Rawaian tracking station. This is Gemini control.
'I:;is is Gemini control. We are now llhours and 8 minutes into the
::!ission. The spacecraft is now passing over the Rose Knot Victor,
3 tracking ship located off ,thc east coast of Pueru, South America.
The Rose Knot Victor is giving the flight crew block updates for
landing areas in 6 orbit increments. Pilot Ed White has completed
his sleep period and he has given the ship's flight surgeon a blotxl
pressure check for aeromedical type pass I. This also included an

orat temperature check and he used the bungee cord exerciser. This
was followed by another blood pressure check. Pilot Ed White also
gave a report on food, water, and sleep. He said he woke up about
20 minutes ago. He did get some sleep but not a sound sleep. His
report on food and water intake was not clear and we did not get.a
good report on that. This is Gemini control.
Tnis is Gemini control. Gemini IV spacecraft is now Uhours and
39 minutes into its mission. At the present time it is passing just
outside the tracking range of the Tanna Reed tracking station. We are
in the eighth revolution. We have been out of voice contact with the
flight crew since passing over the Rose Knott Victor, some 30 minutes
ago. At this time according to our flight plan the spacecraft commander
Jim PlcDivitt is in his scheduled sleep period. Pilot Ed White is busy
conddcting the D-8 radiation experiment - measuring the radiation 'level

inside the spacecraft. And also the MSC 1 and MSC 2 experiment< MSC 1
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Nission Commentary Transcript Page 3
calls for measuring radiation outside the spacecraft. MSC 2 monitors
the direction and volume of the earth's magnetic field. Results of
these experiments‘are scheduled to be relayed to the Hawaiian station,
whI' n the spacecraft passes that area. This is Gemini control.
'ihis is Gemini control. Spacecraft Gemini IV is now 12 hours and
': minutes into its mission. At this time it is on the day side of
the world passing over the Coastal Sentry Quebec tracking ship in the
Pacific Ocean. We have had no voice communication with the space-
craft for approximately 1 hour. At that time a medical pass was
made over the tracking ship, Rose Knot Victor. .Cornmand pilot Jim
McDivitt is in his sleep period. Pilot Ed White has been busy with
various experiments according to our 'flight plan. Here in the misnlc-1\
control center some members of the blue team of flight controllers
have already arrived. They are scheduled to take over direction of
this flight in about 1 hour. The Coastal Sentry Quebec has reported
to flight director Gene Kranz that the cabin pressure aboard Gemini
spacecraft IV is 5.4 lb/sq in. This is Gemini control.
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This is Gemini control.

. We are now 12 hours and 39 minutes into our
mission. At the present time the spacecraft is over the Rose Knot
Victor tracking ship, off the west coast of South America. Which
incidently. -is on the night side of the world. The tracking.ship
is conducting,an environmental control systems check with the -flight
crew. There will also be a telemetry transmission from the space-
craft to the Rose Knot Victor tracking ship. This is Gemini control
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we are in revolution eight.
This is Gemini control. We are now 12 hours and 53 minutes into
the mission.. Spacecraft Gemini IV has passed out of range of the
Rose Knot Victor tracking ship, off the west coast of South America
During voice communication with the ground pilot Ed White reported
that he had had very good maneuver.control using the maneuvering
unit while doing his ,EVA:outside the spacecraft. He said he had
a little trouble when he was not using the maneuvering unit. White
also said he could see the entire state of Texas, the Clear Lake
Area, and the Manned Spacecraft Center. At the present time, he
said, he can see the Southern Cross, various stars, and other con-
stallations. We will now transmit the voice tape between the pilot
J3d White and the Rose Knot Victor tracking ship.
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Flight RKV Systems . . .
cc RKV, Gemini IV
. . .
cc Request tiat yhu mark your primary O2 s'ource pressure . .
Flight RKVsystems your pad 93- change the.REZRB to 15 minutes ' .
47 seconds. 1547 'RETBR.
s/c Say again RKV,

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cc . . . . . .
Flight RETRB for 93 .is 1547.
SC
/ Say-again 1547.
cc . . .
Flight Roger, roger.
cc If you wish to find out how you look right now'- fine and I
am reading you quite well and also received . . .
s/c Roger.
CC RKV systems say again. I cannot read you through the under-
g?TOWld. %o ahead now.
Flight Roger. Your g-3 pad message was incorrecton RETRB.The correct
RETRB for g-3 is 15 plus 47.

cc Roger. I understand. 15 plus
. . . .update for you.::
. -. , Roger . . .
cc 4 Roger. g-3 . 043619 0-j' plus 59 15 plus 47. Do you copy?
Flight RKVAFE
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s/c . . . . . .04361.9 07 59 15 47
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cc. Thats affirmative.
s:/c Roger. Would you relay to . . . .
said that we were outand over . , , .
but we were able to see the coast of Texas quite clearly and
. . .
Flight RKV CAPCOMHouston Flight.
s/c . see considerably more . . .
Flight RKV CAPCOMHouston Flight.
s/c . .. . . . the whole state of.Florida. We went right
near . . . .
Flight RKV CAPCOMHouston flight.
WC islands and about that time we had the . . .
Flight RKV CAP COMHouston flight.

FLIGHT Goddard, ring RKV for me, please
RKV CAPCOM
FLIGHT Go ahead, RKV
RKV Do you copy
FLIGHT Roger, we copied, we are trying to get - you gave them the wrong
400 time
RKV Very good, FLIGHT has been copying your transmissions.
s/c . I Roger
i RKV
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FLIGHT Tracking ship RKV due west of Peru in South America

The orbit presently is 101 mile perigee by 191 apogee. The command _
pilot is scheduled to sleep at the present time. This is Gemini

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Control.
FLIGHT This is Gemini Control, 13 hours 34 minutes into the flight. The
S/C should now be in contact with Coastal Sentry Quebec tracking
ship off the island of Guam due east of Japan. There was a shift
change here in Mission Control Center, Houston, at approximately
lo:15 central standard time at which time the so-called blue team
of flight controllers relieved the flight team-headed by Fli;$t
Director- Gene Krantz. The new Flight Director for the blue team
is Mr. John Hodge. The flight surgeon on this team is Dr. D.
Owens Coons. Capsule communicator relieving the white team CAPCO?4
is Eugene Cernon. This is Gemini Control.
This is Houston, are you there CAPCOM?
FLIGHT Look at the perspective releases and see what you pick up..
FLIGHT This is Gemini Control, 15 hours, 39 minutes after lift-off.
Gemini 4 S/C presently over the central Pacific and will bc in
radio oontact with Rose Knot Victor 6 minutes from now. Tli? contact
will last approximately 7 minutes 21 seconds. The Houston S/C
Communicator Gene Cernon was unable to establish contact with the
S/C through the Canton Island Voice Remoting Station. The

Command Pilot is due foxy a medical data pass while passing over
the Rose Knot Victor tracking ship. This is Gemini Control.

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FLIGHT This is Gemini Control 16 hours 39 minutes after lift-off. Thrf
Gemini 4 spacecraft is presently leaving China coast and will
be passing-over the Phillippine Islands in about 5 minutes and

over the Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific in the next
15 minutes. The next contact with the tracking station will be
with the Rose Knot Victor tracking ship west of Peru some 40
minutes from now. This is Gemini Control.
FLIGHT The first 39 minutes after lift-off, Gemini 4 spacecraft is
presently over the South central Atlantic approaching acquir;;,.liz
by the Canary Islands tracking st,ation. The Flight Surgeon illi
the third shift here in the Control Center, Dr. D. Gwen Coo:;.;,
reports that the medical data check on pilot, Ed White, duril,;;
the 10th revolution relayed to the Rose Knot Victor trackin'!::

ship by the delayed tape playback showed that White's medic::jl.
responses, heart rate, blood pressure, electrocardiogram, e1.c.

were all normal. He also reports that both astronauts' res&zses
have settled to a resting rate.
FLIGHT We now have a tape recording of communications between Gemini 11
and the tracking ship, Rose Knot Victor at the end of tine 1.li.h
revolution. The tape follows. This is Gemini Control.
RKV Gemini 4, Flight asks how are you doing at getting things stowed
away and if you are getting a little crowded up there.
s/c 4 Indeed we are crowded. We have got most of that junk down in
the foot well, and I guess we are going to have to hold some of
it during reentry.
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on the thing until I thought we were going to break it right.
out of,the hatch, and we got it going. .: . . So I don't think

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we ought to try opening it up any more.
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RIiv Yph!, it sounds.like a good idea to keep it closed.
S/C Roger. : I found out what the trouble was when I got down close
I tell,you one thing, I am giad that we got that

', trouble
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3x v Now, you with all that extra training,, it sure pays off at times.
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Rkv FLIGHT, did you copy, over.
FLIGHT Roger, we got all of that. That is just about the same conclusions
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we came to. 'That'.s very good.
Roger .'
G&ini 4;&'re coming up on that attitude circling: Anything
else?
RKV' &*inj.:&,.m -- '.

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FLIGHT Roger FKV '
appeared
RKV Roger, e-&&thing'. / normal here oh'the ground. We got the Cape
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Camp all right came -in real solid, . ; . : put it-badk on Cape Comp
and"it looks good. 'We haven't played any,back
FLIGHT Very good. It seems that since we have gone to this reentry antenna
we are getting quite good communications.
IWJ Yeah, it has certainly helped. Give them:the 02.bank pressure sitting
950 psi, cabin pressure'at 3.2 psi.

FLIGHT Very good
We got the flight plan updates to him and he is copying them
i real clear and came back with the whole thing.
FLIGHT Roger
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RKV Boy oh boy! Sounds. like a lot of fun.
s/c . . . \ trying to figure out what to do with all the
stuff I've got.

z: \I Well, let's see, there Is u lot of empty space up there arc+A:i'j
You= If you could get to it.

FLIGHT RKV, this is Houston FLIGHT.
RKV RKV
FLIGHT You might ask him to go briefly over the trouble he had closii:g
the hatch because that's good communication with you now, we can
read him loud and clear.
Roger
Flight advises that they have very good communication on th-i:;,
they're remoting and would like for you to go over the problcnrlis
you had with the hatch closure.
s/c Roger, the gear that you have when you go around when you .puil
the handle back and forth. One of them is the gear that sori;d
acts as a ratchet - a little filter with a system in it
that engages this ratchet. We had a little trouble with tent
before we got it open. Af'ter we got it open we had difficulty
in getting this ratchet to work. Also, we had a great deal of
difficulty in getting the hatch to close far enough so that we

could even start ratcheting it. We had to point the ratchet in
. . with our hand on every go until we got it started. We pulled

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That's about It from here, FLIGHT

FLIGHT Roger, that cleared a few things up for us.
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Roger, it sure is a pleasure having good communications for
a change.
FLIGHT Yeah
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This is Gemini Control, 18 hours The Gemliii 4

39 minutes after lift-off.
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'is presently over the South Pacific, just east of New Zeal.and~U‘!Fne next
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station contact will be in 13 minutes when voice and telemetry will again
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by acquired from the tracking ship, Rose Knot Victor. No voice &tact
ii::s been made with the spacecraft since the pass over the Rose Knot Victor
at the end of the 11th revolution. This is Gemini Control.
This is Gemini Control. It is now 19 hours 9 minutes after lift-off,
beginning of the 13th revolution. Gemini 4 spacecraft-is now in the
Atlantic, north of Trinidad. During the pass over the tracking ship,
Rose Knot Victor, beginning about 16 minutes ago, the crew received retro-
fire times for several of the next planned landing areas. This is a routine
procedure and allows the crew to make a closed-loop reentry should it
become necessary. Retrofire updates are routinely passed up to the crew

at intervals. The Rose Knot Victor CAPCOMreported that the spacecrait
systems all looked good on the telemetry readouts. The Rose Knot Victor
will have a respite until the 21st revolution. Next contact-will be with
the Canary Islands tracking station 6 minutes from nuw. This is Geniini
Control. 19 minutes after lift-off. We now have a tape
recording of the recent pass by Gemini 4 spacecraft over the Rose Knot
Victor in which retrofire times for several planned landing areas were
routinely passed up to the spacecraft crew to allow them to make a closed-
loop. reentry should it become necessary. Retrofire updates are routinely
passed up to the crew at these intervals. The tape follows.

b!ISSION COMMENTARY
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Go ahead RKV CAPCOM
You should have acquisition.

Roger. We have contact.
Gemini 4, Gemini 4, RKV CAPCOM. Do you read?
Roger, we read you clear, a little background noise.
Gemini 4, RKV CAPCOM
Roger
I have a whole bunch of stuff to pass up to you.
Okay go ahead.
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Roger. I've got a map update. Itwill be a . . . .
Roger. 49 73 degrees west.
I have a correction to the flight plan. You will be taped up
on the 13th rev over Canary Islands, and the taped for the Ctirnarvon
will be changed to the 14th rev.
Okay, taped up over Canary on 13th and Carnarvon on 14th.

Roger standby for retro updates.
Are you reading? .
Roger, I am
15 BRAVO 14603 -t 32 11 01 48 12 + 09 14-2 1~1 03+7 11 56 46 3+17
E-1-36 14 130 02 46 12 35 16 12+59 15-l 121 +34 13 21 00 04+07
09-i-03 15 BRAVO 121 02+34 14 10 30 12+22 16-1 140 3~26 14 54 40
3+14 8t35 65 BRAVO 096 02+03 15 50 26 1l+28 17-l 158 3+48 16 08

08 2+39 o&O0 17 BRAVO 087 01+51 17 06 03 10+0-j Do you copy?
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s/c I got dawn to 17-l . . 3+48 That is all I will be able
to give it to you.
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This is Gemini Control. It is now 19 hours and 30
minutes after liftoff. The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now
over the Indian Ocean just west of India. The crpclcecraft
is in an orbit; with a perigee of 101 statute miles and a
apogee of 179 statute miles. Communications during the
last pass over the Canary Island tracking station were
quite good. The next tracking staLon to make contact with
the spacecraft will be the Canarvon, Australia station 12
minutes from now. This is Gemini Control. .
This is Gemini Control, 19 hours, 46 minutes after
liftoff. We now have a tape recording between Gemini 4
spacecraft and the Canary Island tracking station during
the 13th revolution. The figures given between the CapCom
and the spacecraft crew on the apogee and perigee of the
orbit are in nautical miles. To .get statute miles you need
to add about 15 percent. This is Gemini Control, the tape
follows.
s/c : Roger, GFTRC. 16282802+3908+22.
CC:'/ Roger, I have that, thank you.
s/c : Canary, what's my current apogee and perigee?
cc: Say Again.
s/c : Canary, what's my current apogee and perigee?

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cc: Standby. Houston flight. CapCom. what is present
apogee and perigee?

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data to upda%~tha.t.
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This is Gemini Control. Twenty hours and eight minutes
after liftoff. During the 13th revolution pass over the
Canarvon Tracking Station in Australia some minor changes
to the flight plan as well as some updates to routine plan
landing area retrofire times were passed up to the crew.
We have now a tape of the voice transmissions between the
spacecraft and the Canarvon station. The tape follows.
cc: Gemini 4, how to you read. .
s/c: Ah, Roger, read you loud and clear. HOW do you, over?
cc: Ah, Roger. Loud and clear.
s/c: Ah, Roger.
cc: Will you turn to party lead switch on, please.
s/c : Okay, we've got it.
cc: Radar Track at Canarvon. Have you completed M
exercise experiment?
s/c : ------------medical pass.
cc: Allrighty. I'd like a readout in primary 02 pressu,e
and quantity from you please.
s/c: Roger. Primary 02 pressure is 970 psi, quantity is
about 39)i percent.
cc: Ah, I got this.

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F: Canarvon Cap Corn, this is Houston Flight.
cc: Houston Flight.
F. Roger, we would like for him to put on,his C-band,
adaptor C-band switch t.o continuous at 11+52+43.
cc: Roge'r, Idopy. _ *.'
F: Back 'to command at 59+23.

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cc: Roger.
F: Go Ahead.
cc: ---------------Do you copy? These are some changes to
your flight plan.. -
s,,! : 'It'&oKay, Go ahead. -,
cc: Like for you to switch your adaptor C-band beacon switch
to the continuous position at 115243.
spc: Rogers.. C-band adaptor switch'continuous at.ll5243.
cc: Roger. We would like for you to go back to command at
115923. ;
s/c : Roger. Back to Cominand at 115923.
cc: That correct. Flight, Canarvon.
F: Go ahead.
cc: Confirm the GMTRC of the spacecraft is 180243.

s/c: I have a question, Canavron. Looks like we are getting
back on the fuel line in order to do the rest of the flight

plan as originally scheduled. Is that correct?
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cc: Ah, Roger, that's correct.
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s/c : Okay. In my flight plan it shows me going to s&eep
at the last time of about.2030 or SO, cloes t;iid L Vst;ill ho.i&

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true?
cc: Affirmative.
s/c : okay.
F: Say again, Canarvon, This is Houston.
cc: I Okay. He was checking on his flight plan,. he';j gorina
go to sleep at 2030. :
F: Roger. What was your question regarding. clocks? :,
cc: Are you showing a GMTRC of 180242 -----elapsed.time
we'll take up' the .'fl-ight plan, we'll be -back on a. ,fuel line
time at “that ‘tin+,’ correct? ‘* ” .. ‘: : ., ,. . _,
s/c : Okay. .... . ..
F: Canarvon. This is Houston. Nega'tive!.on,use of fuel,
we'll talk to him later on that.
cc: okay, what about that GMTRC?
F: Standby.
cc: 'Cause 'I want to‘,change it - it doesn't look good here
at all.
F: Canarvon; this is Houston.
cc :?I Go ahead, flight.

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F:] Understand time should be 18-1;17+56+03.
cc: Okay, you check flight. That's a....I'll talk
to you about it later.'
F: Roger.
F:. Canarvon, this is Houston.
cc: Houston Flight, Canarvon.
F: Are you skin-tracking?
cc: We are beacon tracking.

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F: Beacon tracking'?? .
cc: Affirm. -
F: I.say, .we didn't intend to have the beacon on at this
time, you're down at 4 degrees. Make sure he gets it'off
before the end of your pass.
cc: Roger, -we've had LOX TX.
F: Roger.
(Hou)Long count on the PA0 release line, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7, 8, 9, 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. out.
(hou) Testing on the P90 Release Circuit., 1, 2,345, 6, 7
8, 9 10, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5,4, 3, 2, 1. Do you read, Cape?
. . . . . . . . . . ..Eastern..Carribbean Ocean acquisition by
the Antiqua Tracking Station. There have been no earlier

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contacts with the spacecraft since the passover Canarvon,
Australia some 40 minutes ago. The next station to have
contact wLth the spacecraft will be Bermuda two minutes
from now. This is Gemini control.
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Mission Commentary Transcript Tape # 22, Pscjc 1
This is Gemini Control Houston, 21 hours and 39 minutes
into the mission. The spacecraft just passed over the
Canarvon Station which we had a rather lengthy discussion

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with Pilot Ed White. White reported among other things that
he had had a very sound sleep earlier, he said Jim McDivitt
is asleep at this time. He reported his cabin pressure at
5.7 psi and he reviewed other quantities which looked
very favorable - oxygen, for instance, he uh, had at 1casL
40 percent supply left which is slightly above what had been

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programed. The-Mission Director Chris Kraft is considering
at this time ordering the Gemini 4 crew to return to the
flight plan as laid out, until, at this particular time.
Uh, that is, he's going.ahead with the normal oms usage, etc.
He feels that we, uh, from all the information collected
during this first day of flight, that, uh, we have enough
reserve to continue with the flight pLan as originally
laid out. This is Gemini Control at 21 hours and 40,minutes
into the mission.
This is Gemini Control Houston. Twenty two hours and
8 minutes into the mission with the spacecraft moving across

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Mission Commentary Transcript Tape,#22, -Page 2
the .Gulf of Mexico. The, uh, our, we are returning to our,
on the next pass will be coming up, will be very,much like
the first rev of

yesterday. We are just starting
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rev. At 22 .hours a-nd 8..hours into the mission. This is
Gemini contro&,
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,,Thisis Gemini Control Kouston, .22 hours 26 minutos.into
the flightof .Gemini .4. The spa,ce,craft.is now in contact with
the Canary Stations. A very few minutes, ago we_a had a most;
interesting con.versati.on-between CapCom Gus Grissom here in
Houston and Ed.White. .Ed discussed-at.Jength,-his wa&k 1,.
space;,. he-points, out in the,conversation,that over Houston
he.. could, see not only Galveston .Bay-. but, Clear Lake., a s~~;;li
body of water only~a_mile,from..this ,yanned Space-cr.aft Cc:i;ler.
He.a.lso described.as the.vivid-bl.ues in the Gulf and the
Carribean area. He'sa-id, uh,:. on, this uh, revolution, wiiiie
passing over Australia he couid see, very c.Searly the J.i$Lts
of Perth. .He has been advised-to follow the normal flic;L:t
plan with all the maneuvering.During the night the piiocs
among other things.;.photographedK took;several pictures of
Typhoon Carla.. A-t,this time we have :racked up the tape on
the Bermuda conversation and we'd like to play it for you.
Here's the tape.

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cc: okay, the last thing I tried to get to you beforu I
lost you just a few seconds ,ago'was that, 'the, uh, be
judicious in the use of your fuel. We think we've got-

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enough to complete the whole flight plan now.
s/c: landmark sightings.
cc: Roger, don't worry about that while in Africa, because
that 92 miles away and you're only about 114 miles k&h at
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that time.
s/c : Roger We'll'be looking for'.itt' that's 'a real gooa one
for it and we won't use much fuel. Looks like JimI's 'hretty
corked off for now, he hasn't stirred for 'the last hour and.
a haif.
cc: Okay, I have a news release right here'about Mike's
baseball team. You want to take it and pass it on to him?
s/c : Affirmative.
cc: Right, the Hawks won their PeeWee League 3-2. They
beat the Falcons. The Hawks got three runs on two hits,
the Falcons got two runs on three hits.
s/c: Ah, Roger. Understand. The Hawks won 3-2.
cc: Roger. Hey, uh,' Here's a headline of the Post today,
you might pass on also. Sounds pretty good. Big headlines

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are: "Ah, Ed, ;',ease Get Back in the Spaceship::"
s/c : Say again.

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cc: The headlines are "Ah, Ed, please Get Back in t?c Spaceship::"
s/c : Say sgafn, I‘m not l.z2tting it.
cc: Say again.
s/c: Say again, I'm not getting it...
cc: Say again, I'm not reading you.
s/c: It has tough in get in,. real tough to .get back .in.
That was sure something out there.

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cc: Ah good,, I have you.
s/c: Were yell reading us? We never knew when yall were
reading us or not?
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cc: Yeah, you're box was keyed off # we couldn‘t get
to .you. we were trying to tell you your time was up and to get
back. Never could get through to you at all. .
s/c: In some ways I'm glad you didn't.
cc: Yeah, ha, I could tell that.
s/c: trying to get pictures out
there, I never did get pictures with my still camera to my
satisfaction.
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s/c : read on the outdoor $16 millimeter
a we should be getting something with that.
cc: Yeah, we,should get some good ones. Could you give us
quanlity read for about 10 seconds?
s/c : Quality coming up for test.
cc: Have you had anything to eat yet?
S/C:]I'm in the middle of my first course of and expect

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some chicken salad, finish it off with ssxfem? salad and
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orange juice.
cc: We've got your qualities so we'll leave you alone a;ld
let you eat.
s/c: Say again?

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cc: I said, you can turn your quality read off and we'ii
leave you alone and let you eat.
s/c: It's good to talk to you, you get all the news from
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the home front. When we went over hOwtOn I could actually
see, when I was outside I could see the Gulf and Galveston.
cc: Hey t Ed. When you came over on the night pass did you
actually see buildings?
s/c : On the night pass?
cc: Yeah, you said you could see ..

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S/C:. No, I couldn't see, see any buildings, and you might
relay to the uh, as we came over on this last
pass I could see the light of Sidney loud and clear and the
.....
cc: Very Good: Ed, uh, you're talking about walking on the
spacecraft, were you actually walking'on it?
s/c : Yes, I was. I was using thetether to pull myself down

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towards the spacecraft and I was right on top-of it, as a'
matter of fact. tether operation, works preL.Ly
good, but‘its 'still hard to get any traction on- the top of,
but when you pull yourself down, you do get a little bit.
6/C: We need some suction cups or magnets, I guess.

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s/c: Yeah got on the adapter too
that might have (fade out)
cc: We lost . . . . where is he? Uh.....
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MISSION COMMEXTARYTRANSCRIPT !TY\, ,i*: 25
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This is Gemini Control 23 hours 40 minutes into the mission. mc 3JJticr.'-
craft is coming across Central America at this time, and we have juzt
sent a command out to turn telemetry on and we should be 1n contact with
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the spacecraft momentarily. We have a report from the weather man that
the weather over the state should make for very good viewing from tnct
spacecraft. The California coast only fair is the forecast, but as we
move east it gets better. The weather man says that the viewing over
Florida, for instance, should be very good. In the Gulf area, partly
cloudy, but it should make for good viewing. Meanwhile out in the Pacific
the typhoon babe, which we have heard so much about the last few days,
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has downgraded to a tropical storm. It is over Shanghai at the presc:::t
time with winds of about 40 knots. We have a report also on what WILS~
typhoon Carla. It is no more and was downgraded during the night to a
tropical storm. It is something less than a tropical storm at this time.
Neither of those systems are going to present us with any trouble. WC
have been looking at an electrical usage curve here in talking with our
guidance navigation control officer about it, and in his words were i"at
on electrical power. The curve shows that at this point we though w.2
would have had about 1700 amp hours remaining and as a matter of fnC"i
we7 i%ter than 1800 amp hours remaining. This is Gemini Control at
23 hours and 42 minutes into the mission. We still have not established
contact, but we will momentarily and will be back with you when we do.
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to mi snumberi ng of T pe Boxes
>lission Commentary Transcript Tape 25, Page 1
This is Gemini Control Houston, 24 hours, 10 minutes
into the flight on the 16th revolution, with the spacecraft

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southeast of the Kano, Nigeria station. The current elements
for our orbit are as follows: 178 statues miles apogee, 178
statue miles apogee, 102 miles apogee, that statute. Our
information is 32.56 degrees to the equator. The period of
each revolution is one hour, 34 minutes, and 20 seconds. One
hour, 34 minutes, and 20 seconds. In the last five minutes

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we've been in conversation with our flight surgeon, Dr. Berry,
and he passes along the following information on the sleep
and eat cycle of these two men. Ed White slept EcI;px lightly
from 6 hours and 30 minutes into the mission to 10 hours and
30 minutes into the mission. The sleep was described as
little more than dozing. He was then awakefor 5% hours
at which time he went back to sleep for a four hour period
and at least the first part of that period which extended
from 16 hours in to 20 hours, was described as a deep and
restful sleep. We know that White has eaten at least two
Z&XX meals and probably more. Each pilot has drunk about
a pint and a half of water which, uh, appears to Dr. Berry
toabe quite an adequate consumption. Jim McDivitt slept

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and again his first sleep period was described as a light
one. He went to sleep a,t 11 hours‘and 15 minutes into the
mission: he awakened at 15 hours and 30 minutes in. He was

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then 'awake for five hours, he‘tient back-to sleep at 20 hours
and 30 minutes elapsed time and awoke'up a few minutes ago
after a<good solid 3 and a half hours Xf sleep. Jim also

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has had two meals. Neither man at this time has 'had a bowel
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movement and Dr. Berry says this is expected. It is the
result of the low residue diet they were on prior ,to the
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flight. He sakl it would not surprise him if neither had
a bowel.movement to&y. Perhaps it might be tomorrow before
we, uh, ' either" has one. '*Thisis Gemini Control-at 24 hours
13 minutes into the mission. .- '

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This is Gemini Control Houston, 24 hours and 40
minutes into the mission. Some 8 minutes ago the Canarvon
station acquired the spacecraft: a very brief discussion
ensued with the pilot Ed white: he said everything looked
fine, and the Capsule Communicator at Canarvon assured
him that everything looked just as good on the ground.
The flight plan for this next revolution calls for, or
for the last part of this 16th revolution, calls for a

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medical update over GuaymaS. We will do some HF checks
during the next hour or two and we are having the flight
plan marked.for us now so that we can barely read it.
All in all everything is moving along very nicely. The
spacecraft directly over Australia at this time. This
is Gemini Control .out at 24 hours and 41 minutes into .
the mission.
(end of Tape 26)
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This is Gemini Control, 25 hours and 12 minutes into
the mission. In . the last minute we've established contact
with our Guaymas station with the Gemini 4 spacecraft. Earlier
we had reported that Jim McDivitt.was awake. We had reported
that he awoke about 24 hours into the mission. That report
was in error. He has continued to sleep, he's been asleep
a little more than 5 hours, apparently very deep and restful
sleep. We've been comparing notes with the ECOn Environmental
Control Officer here in the Control Center, and he advises
1 that we have about 35 pounds of oxygen remaining. That is
out of a total . ..we lifted off with ebout 50 pounds of
breathing oxygen.on board. He tells me that the pilots used
a little over 9 pounds in performing the extravehicular
activity yesterday. Their normal consumption rate is 2.2
pounds per day, per man. This gives us plenty of pad on
the oxygen department. We also have in the spacecraft ...
we lose about one pound per day in leakage and this is the
acceptable value on that. With the spacecraft coming across
the, uh... Mexico at this time, let's cut in and see if
Ed White has anything to say for a live transmission. Stand by.
NoTE:~lAudio unable to pick up this transmission.

Mission Commentary Transcript : Tape #27., ~' J?aP ?,_.: ,,
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This is Gemini Control, Houstont .~r.r....r.r....r....

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transmission.
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across the _
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United States;.; and you may have mipsed the la,st portion of
.e.1 ; _.. 1 , j 2 .,- I- ,'. -.'d' :
that, we're s,ti.:l receiving. Stand by..-,<We're_' , right on the
-. 1 . .:' ., _ :,,+ .' .T..'3.i .: .- _ :.-.d
tail end of what will be the 1a.s.t transmission from Bermuda,
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the circuit is getting noisy and ragge$. You p,robably heard
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Mcpivitt report that he , had not slept particularly soundly.
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He dozqedr:ajbgt,,and he advised that 1when.. ; ., there is radio
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contact he ca,n't ,,I, get *.,:-
his radio >y all ., the way down - it's designed
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that way,and it ,Idoes
..rt. make for-a..,rather fitful,?sleep, apparently.
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He did reporf earlier, howev,er,that he slept verysoundly :
i.'., .:'- :<y. ..L :I .*r>:; "1; .:r: _, i-t ." '. 4'-: ,
on his earlier sleep cycle. This is Gem.ini Control starting
;w: *?:_' .;.,>c;; ;: C.
. .<,,‘ ..'"' 7.9 : ;I ". '
the 17th revolution-9at
.. . ;' ,.. \ \ . 2.5 hours a.nd 26 minu,tes into .. :.: the flight.
'C'. T"W.
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TRANSCRIPT Tape No. 28
Page 1
This is Gemini Control at Houston, 25 hours and 39 minutes into the
Mission, Ihe spacecraft some BOO to 700 miles south of the Kano Nigeria
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Station. During the next hour and one-half, the Gemini 4 crew will perform
at least three checks of their HF radio transmitting equipment. This
system is not used for normal flight mission activity. It is used, however,
during reentry and close to the water in the recovery process. The primary
mode of communication voice communication during a flight is UHF. We
had a marginal contact with the Gemini 4 spacecraft a few minutes ago
at the Canary statJon. It was right on the outer edge of the Canarrles'
contact capability. It was not a long transmission, a very brief sort
of contact at which time an update 'time was passed up to the pilot on one
of the RF checks. Everything moving alang very nicely, 25 hours and 40
minutes into the mission.

This is Gemini Control at 26 hours and 9 minutes into
the flight. At this time the spacecraft is in contact with

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the Canarvon Station. The medical quantities are being
reviewed, the command pilot has just performed a blood
pressure check and they are being queried now on their food
and water consumption. The flight seems to be progressing
very nicely at this point. This is Gemini Control.
(End of Tape # 29)

MISSION COMMHNTARY
TRANSCRIPT Tape No. 30
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This is Gemini Control Houston, 26 hours 41 minutes into the mission.
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We have just lost contact with the Hawaii station in a brief pass there,
but a most interesting pass. I mentioned earlier that Pat McDivitt and
Pat White entered the control center about 15 to 20 minutes ago. In the
course of chatting with Mr. Chris Kraft, he asked them if they would like
to talk to their husbands during this pass across the United States. They
both eagerly accepted the offer, and they are down on the floor of the
Control Center at this time prepared to talk if communications are solid.
The conversation will probably await until-the latter portion of the
pass. We should be in contact with the California station momentarily.
We have not yet established it. This is Gemini Control.

MISSION COMMENTARY
'TRANSCRIPT Tape 31
Page 1
In the last few minutes here in the Control Center, we have had a most
unusual occurrence. \ Pat McDivitt and Pat White came down on the floor.
They plugged into the mission director's console and had an extraordinary
chat with their husbands. They very kindly consented to share that con-
versation with us, and we are prepared to play that tape for you right
now.
FLIGHT We've got your wives here so put McDivitt on now.
Mrs. McDivitt: Jim
Jim McDivitt: Pat
Mrs. McDivitt: Do you hear me?
Jim McDivitt: Roger. I can hear you. Loud and Clear
Mrs. McDivitt: You are doing great.
Jim McDivitt: Yeah, we seem to be coming along good in all . . .
How are you?
Mrs. McDivitt: me -
Jim McDivitt: How are you?
Mrs. McDivitt: I'm fine, and how are you?
Jim McDivitt: Pretty good. I'm over California right now.
Mrs. McDivitt: Can't you stop over Texas?
Jim McDivitt: I'll be over Texas in about 3 minutes.
Mrs. McDivitt: Hurry it up.
Jim McDivitt: How are the kids making out?
Mrs. McDivitt: Fine, fine. They think you are at the Cape.
Jim McDivitt: At Cocoa Reach, huh?

Mrs. McDivitt: Bat's the way they think.
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TRANSCRIPT Tape 31
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Jim McDivitt: Is everything going okay?
Mrs. McDivitt: Yes, beautifully, beautifully.

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Jim,McDivitt: You being good?
Mrs. McDivitt: I'm always good, Are you being good?
Jim McDiyitt: I haven't much choice, all I can do is sleep and look
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out the window.
Mrs. McDivitt: No room to move around?
Jim McDivitt: 'Huh?
Mrs. McDivitt: No room to move around?
Jim McDivitt: Not much. Ed is cluttering up the place.
Mrs. McDivitt: Turn the computer on. , .'
Jim McDivitt: Turn the computer on, yes'mam-

Mrs. McDivitt: Okay, sir. ,'L.
Jim McDivitt: -The' computer is on.
FLIGHT: Is Ed awake?
Jim McDivitt: Yes, he is.
Mrs. McDivitt: Be a good boy now, kid.
FLIGHT. Now switch head'sets.
Ed White: . . .
FLIGHT Say again
Ed White: Are you on coaip for . . .

FLIGHT Is this Ed? We will get you . . . down here in a second.
Mrs. White: Good morning.
Ed White: Got to push a button, honey.
Mrs. White: Good morning.

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TRANSCRIPT Tape 31
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Ed White: How are you doing?
Mrs. White: Fine.

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. Ed White: You have to push the button when you talk and let it g0 SO
I can talk.
Mrs. White: You are really looking good.
Ed White: Looks pretty good from up here. We are passing over - coming
up on the west Texas area within a minute or so.
Mrs. White: Good
Mrs. White: Didn't hear you.
Ed White: Pat, repeat it.
Mrs. White: It looked like you were having a wonderful time yesterday.
Ed White: Quite a time we had, it was quite a time.
Mrs. White: I can't wait to talk to you about it.
Ed White: . . .
Mrs. White: Fine
Ed White: Okay, honey, I'll see you later.
Mrs. White: Okay, have a good flight.

Ed White: Take care, honey, bye bye.
Mrs. White: Bye

This is Gemini Control, Houston, 27 hours and 30 minutes
into the mission, on the 18th revolution. From Carnarvan, we've
just had a report that they've skin-tracked with the radfrs the
second stage of the Gemi-i launch vehicle, They report that
it's running some 4 minutes and 10 seconds ahead of the space-
craft. We have no elements available on the orbit the second
stage is in at this time. Meanwhile the two Pats, Mrs. McDivitt
and Mrs. White, are still with us here in the Control Center.
They've been in an animated conversation with Dr. Berry, our
Flight Surgeon, and Mission Director, Chris Kraft, for much of
the past hour. They seem delighted with the progress of the
flight, as their conversations with their husbands indicated.
Jim Love11 has also joined the group here. Jim Love11 is the
backup pilot to Ed White on this mission. Meanwhile, Ed White
should be sleeping at this time. He's due for a two-hour sleep
at this period. We do not know whether he's taking advantage
of it or not. He's been awake for seven hours. In the next
pass over the United States, Jim McDivitt will perform what we
call an M-3 experiment: that is, he will use the inflight
exerciser. The exerciser is a rubbery, or a bungee, cord affixed
to the floor of the spacecraft. Each crewman pulls the cord
at the rate of one pull per second for about 30 seconds. Each
crewman exercises in conjunction with an aeromedical pass
over a ground station, in which readouts are made of oral

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temperature and blood pressure. The astronaut then exercises
with the exerciser and again inflates the blood pressure cuff
for a ground station readout. The two crewmen use the exerciser
three times daily, additionally, without an aeromedical pass.
And, as we've been talking, the Carnarvan station sounds as if
it has acquired the spacecraft. The contact was a slightly
unintelligible one - a lot of noise on the circuit. But
momentarily, they should be in good voice contact as the Gemini
craft will go almost directly over the Carnarvan station. This
is Gemini Control.
MISSION COMMENTARY
TRANSCRIPT Tape 33
Page 1
This is Gemini Control, Houston, 28 hours 9 minutes into the mission.
Within the last minute,, the spacecraft has come in solid contact with the
Hawaii station. It is directly over the Hawaii station. However, we have
had no conversation between the pilots and the ground at this time. That
circuit out there today is quite clean. We are standing by trying to
monitor to see if there is any conversation coming in. We have heard none.
The Hawaii CAPCOMhas called, but the pilots are obviously otherwise
occupied. This is Gemini Control.

MISSION COMMENTARY
TRANSCRIPT Tape 34
Page 1

We are now entering the 19th circuit around the earth. The Gemini 4 space-
craft lost signal - lost contact with the Bermuda station at 1:48 Central
standard time , just 3 minutes ago. This was one of the quietest passes
across the United States. It started with a medical exercise involving
Jim McDivitt at the Guaymas station. This, of course, requires exercise because
apparently,
it involves an oral temperature./ Ed White is about to drop off to sleep, We
have indications he has been getting set to go to sleep for much of the last
orbit , perhaps dozing a bit the surgeon advises.
In the course of the pass, Gus Grissom talked to Jim McDivitt and asked
Jim to look at his hatch mechanism on the right side and Jim did, reported
on the position of the various handles and springs involved in that hatch
mechanism, and we are completely satisfied that it is properly seated and
there's no concern there. They have noted a slight rise in the oxygen source
pressure the last orbit or two. We were reading a source pressure of about
950 pounds. We asked Gemini 4 to release a little bit of pressure. The

automatic valve releases it if it builds up to a 1000 pounds, but we would
just as soon manually release the pressure rather than to ask the automatic
valve to perform that task. This apparently was done.
Jim McDivitt, in the course of the pass, was preparing to eat a meal.
He advised that he had drunk some water previous to the stateside pass, and
he planned to drink some more with the meal.

We also tested OUT in the course of the pass, an airplane relay. We
were talking to the Gemini 4 spacecraft through an aircraft somewhere in
the Kennedy area. The relay worked effectively, a noisy relay but a readable
relay.
MISSION COMMENTARY
TRAI'JSCRIF'T Tape 34, page 2
We are prepared to play the tape .from most of that pass over the states
for you at this time.

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s/c Flight, This is Gemini 4
FLIGHT Roger. Say, Jim, when you get a chance, will'you check those
two palls of the hatch handle and see if they are still free, or
see if they are free or if they are locked in their position.
We are just trying to run down the hatch problem down here and
we want to see if those things are still floating free.
s/c You want me to turn them to lock and then unlock or something
like that.
FLIGHT Right. See if the spring is holding them in the lock position.
Now, before you do it make sure that handle is stowed up good and
tight.
s/c Roger. We can keep it better now, but that doesn't say that the
other thing will go around.
FLIGHT Well, is the spring holding them in their position. That is what
we want to know. Is the spring letting it float freely.
s/c Yeah, the spring is leading itself ri&t now.
FLIGRT The spring is restraining the valve.
s/c . . .
FLIGHT Okay, that's all you know, thank you.
s/c It did when we operate
FLIC;RT Roger, these transmissions are coming through a relay now. HOW
are you reading me?
.) ._
.------II- ,.
MISSION COMMENTARY
TRANSCRIPT Tax= 34, page 3
FLIGHT Gemini 4, this is Houston, transmitting through the relay airplane,
How are you reading?

P
s/c . . .
FLIGHT Pretty garblsd, but you are barely readable.

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This is Gemini Control. We are now 29 hours and 14 minutes
into our mission. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is now on its 19th

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revolution over the earth and currently is on the night side
passing over the Indian Ocean about to come up along the coast
of Australia. The White Team of flight controllers has taken
over the second shift here in the Mission Control Center.
Flight Director Gene Kranz is making a status check of all
systems. The spacecraft electrical supply is excellent. We
still have the same pad, or margin, available that we had at
lift-off. There is plenty aboard to complete the mission.
Communications are good. There's more than enough oxygen
and more than one-half the OAMS fuel load still aboard. The
Flight Surgeon reports the crew is in top condition as they
continue this flight. This is Gemini Control.

This is Gemini Control. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is now

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29 hours and 40 minutes into the mission. The White Team
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of Flight Controllers has assumed control of this flight.
The spacecraft is passing over the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii.
As Mission Director Chris Kraft left the Mission Control
room a few moments ago, he observed, "I don't see anything at
this moment to keep us from going four days, and we will
probably do an OAMS reentry." Spacecraft Commander Jim
McDivitt reported to the Carnarvan tracking station as he
passed over Australia, that Pilot Ed White is sleeping at
this time. Earlier, Ed White reported to the Houston Mission
Control Center that there was no sign of moisture build-up
in the cabin of Gemini 4. Moisture build-up had been evidenced
in previous flights. Gemini 4's cabin has been coated with
a special cellulose cloth. This is Gemini Control.

MISSION COMMENTARY
TRANSCRIPT Tape 37, Page 1
This is Gemini Control. We are now 30 hours and 9 minutes into

the mission. Spacecraft Gemini 4 has just completed a pass over the
States on its 20th revolution. In voice communication with Gus Grissom,

spacecraft communicator, Command Pilot, Jim McDivitt, reported he had
sighted another object in space. He described it only as an object that

appeared to have big arms sticking out. He said he took some motion
pictures of this object, but was having some difficulty because of the
position of the sun. During this pass over the States, Gus Grissom gave
McDivitt some updated times to perform various experiments. This is
Gemini Control.
This is Gemini Control. We are now 3 0 hours and 31
minutes into our flight. The Gemini 4 spacecraft is in its
20th revolution and is into the dark side of the world as it
passes over the South African continent. As relayed during
our last transmission, approximately one half hour ago, the
spacecraft commander, Jim McDivitt, had reported sighting an
object in space. He said it appeared to have big arms sticking
out, perhaps another - or a satellite. He said he had taken
some motion pictures of this object, but the sun's position
made it difficult to keep the object in view. We have had
no further voice communication with the spacecraft since that
time. But now we will play back for you the tape recording
made during that pss over the States. This is Gemini Control.
s/c In one minutes, GMT time.
cc 23 00 GMT.
S/C Ok. Got that.
cc Perform the D-8 that was scheduled for 33 20 last time.
Perform that at a GMT of 40 00.
cc Ok. Delete the D-8 at 33 20 and perform it at 40 00.
Is that right?
cc 00 40. My fault. Copy that?
cc All right. Third item scheduled - do D-8 - start time of
02 15 GMT.
S/C Ok. We'll have a new D-8 at 02 15 GMT. How many D-8's
are you giving? Repeat.
cc We deleted one, the one at 23 00 GMT.
S/C Roger. Thank you. You deleted that one and we have another
one at 02 15?
cc That's affirm. Perform S-6 at 00 15 GMT.
S/C That's S-6 at what time?
cc 00 15 GMT. We want you to use minimum fuel on that one.
WC Roger. I'll use minimum fuel on all of them.
cc Roger, roger. Perform S-6 at 22 35 GMT.
Flight: Guaymas Cap Corn.
cc Go, Flight.
Flight: Roger. S-6 is a cellular cloud formation.
S/C Two S-6 - one at 00 15 and one at 22 35. Is that correct?
cc That's affirmative. Say again, Flight.
Flight: Roger. Advise him S-6 is a cellular cloud formation.
cc Roger. S-6 is a cellular cloud formation.

Tape 38, Page 3
WC Roger.
cc That's the one at 00 15 GMT. Sorry, that would be . .

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ok. MSC experiments 2 and 3 at a GMT of 30.
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S/C GMT of what?
cc 30 minutes.
s/c How many hours. I'v got the 30 minutes - how many hours?
cc 00 30 00.
WC 00 30.
cc Roger. Go BEF on experiments 2 and 3.
S/C Ok. That would be 2 and 3 of a GMT of 00 30 00 - there'd
\ be a GMT hack at that time.
cc That's affirm. Are you still looking at that thing out there?
S/C No, I've lost it. It had big arms sticking out of it, it
looked like. I only had it for just a minute. I got a couple
of pictures of it with the movie camera and one with the Hasselblad.
But I was in free drift and before I could get the control back
I drifted into the sun and 1ost.i.t.
cc Good show. Flight, do you copy?
Flight: Roger.
cc On this,S-6 experiment I think we got our times mixed up.
This pass elapsed time is confusing.
Flight: Which one are you confused on?
cc Well, there's two of them. There's - this MSC experiment

Tape 38, Page 4
2 and 3 - it starts at elapsed time or a GMT of 30 minutes
and it ran to what time?
Flight: To 55 - 00 hours 55 minutes.
cc Gemini 4, Guaymas Cap Corn. ok, we've had LOS, Flight.
Flight: Roger.
END OF TAPE
MISSION COMMENTARY
This is Gemini Control. We are 31 hours and 4 minutes into our
mission. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is on its 20th revolution, and we expect
to make voice contact with the Coastal Sentry Quebec, a tracking ship
in the Pacific Ocean, during this pass. It is expected that the Coastal
Sentry Quebec tracking ship will give the flight crew a GO for 33 revolutions
the longest yet for an American space flight. We will now transmit to you
live the voice transmission between the Coastal Sentry Quebec and Spacecraft
Gemini 4.
cc Flight, CAPCOM
FLIGHT GO CAPCOM
FLIGHT The only thing he has got to pass up is just tell him to take
targets of opportunity any place free of weather and not wait
until the last day to do it.
cc Please be advised that this pass is live on the TV networks back
home.
FLIGHT Will you give me your quantity readon.
s/c . . .
cc I've got your 20 4 backup guidance quantities when you are
prepared to copy.
cc Gemini 4 CSQ, do you copy?
cc Gemini CSQ, do you copy?
s/c Roger. CSQ, Gemini 4, I read you.

cc Roger. What's your status for 33 l?
s/c We're good.

MISSION COMMENTARY
cc Okay, we're GO on the ground. Uh, I've got your 21 4 load pre-
pared to transmit and transmitting now.
s/c Roger.
cc Roger. Your load ig in. I've got your 21 4 backup guidance
quantities if you are prepared to copy.
s/c Go ahead, I'm ready.
cc Roger. 21 4. Your AV will be split between forward and aft
56 ft forward at 1 minute and 32 seconds. 120 ft/sec aft,
2+3O, 01 days, 23 hours 53 minutes 23 seconds. 2+42, 8+46,
s/c Roger. 21 4, 56, 1+32, 120, 2+30.
FLIGHT CSQ CAPCOM, Houston Flight
FLIGHT CSQ CAPCOM, H-ton Flight
FLIGHT Voice Control, ring CSQ for me, please.
This is Gemini Control. Obviously, we have experienced some
transmission difficulties and are unable to bring you this voice trans-
mission live from the Coastal Sentry Quebec. We hope to try again from
another station , possibly Hawaii. This is Gemini Control.

This is Gemini Control. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is now coming
up over Hawaii, and that tracking station will give the space-
craft a Go-no-go for 33 orbits. Transmission difficulties
made it impossible to do this over the Coastal Sentry Quebec,
as we had planned. We will now transmit to you live the
voice transmission between Hawaii and the Gemini 4 spacecraft.
cc It is 23 58.23.
s/c Roger, 23 58 23.
cc Roger.
s/c Thank you.
cc Also the S-5 experiment, MCC requests crew take terrain
photos of any clear areas along ground track and not wait until
last day. Crew should identify which areas they are. Did you
copy?
s/c Roger. Understand they want us to take areas of terrain
wherever it is amenable and not to wait till the last pass.
Be advised it looks we ought to save some film, though, until
we get the opportunity to make a pass across the southwestern
United States tomorrow and make a bunch of sequence photos there
if it's ok.
Flight: Roger, that's fine with us.
cc Roger. That's fine with us. Go ahead. Stand by.

Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 40, Rage 2
Flight: Hello, Hawaii.
cc Roger. I got his tape stuff off. His delayed time T/M
off. I relayed the GMT'RC and item 7.
Flight: Ok. Have you had LOS?
cc Negative
Flight Why don't you see if you can get the battery readouts,
since we didn‘t get them at CSQ.
cc Roger. Gemini 4, Hawaii Cap Corn.
s/c i;o.
cc Can you give us your battery readouts if you did not give
them to CSQ?
s/c Roger. We didn't give them to CSQ. We'll give them to you
in just a minute.
cc Roger.
cc Gemini 4, Hawaii. Flight, Hawaii.
Flight: Roger, go Hawaii.
cc Roger. We had LOS while we were waiting on the battery
readout from him.
Flight: Ok. Very good.

This is Gemini Control. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is now passing
over South America on its 21st revolution. There was no voice
transmission over the United States. As the spacecraft came

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over Guaymas, spacecraft commander Jim McDivitt was advised to
look for a tropical storm located west of Mexico. We have had
no report from him on that. Here at Mission Control Center at
Hou;ton, we are checking with SPADETS here - Space Detection
and Tracking System - concerning the object that McDivitt
reported he saw on his last pass over the United States. They
will advise us concerning the known satellites that were in
that area at that time. One of these would be the Pegasus V.

This is Gemini Control. We are now 32 hours and 10 minutes
into our mission. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is now on the night side
of the world passing

\ over the southernmost tip of Africa on its
21st revolution. Flight Surgeon Dr. Duane Catterson reports
both men are in excellent physical condition. He said that,
as of this morning's report, spacecraft commander McDivitt had
taken throughout the flight a little under quarts of water and
has eaten two of his complete meals. He said this represents
about one half of the normal ground food intake. Pilot White
has had a little less than a quart of water but has eaten a
little more food than McDivitt. This report was, again, as of
this morning. We have had no additional communication concerning
food and water from the pilots, since the White Team came on
duty approximately three hours ago. This is Gemini Control.

MISSION COMMENTARY
TRANSCPl?l' Tape 43, Page 1
This is Gemini Control. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is now 32 hours and
40 minutes into its mission. At the present time it is coming up on
the Coastal Sentry Quebec, our tracking ship in the Pacific. During
the last pass we had communications difficulties between the CSQ and
the spacecraft. This was due to a power failure on the Coastal Sentry
Quebec. It was quickly corrected; however, the spacecraft had already
passed out of tracking range and the system will be checked out with
the spacecraft as it passes over in the next few minutes. We have
had no other voice contact with Gemini 4 since Guaymas. This is
Gemini Control.
the mission. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is on its 21st revolution and at
present is approaching the Rose Knot Victor, a tracking ship located
at the Pacific Ocean, west of Peru. Spacecraft Commander, James
McDivitt, is in a sleep period. Our flight plan calls for Pilot
Ed White to be working at this time on various experiments. He is
to turn off MSC 1, an examination of the electronic charge buildup
outside the spacecraft, using a sensor. He will also conduct a D-8
experiment. This is measuring radiation inside the spacecraft, using
a portable sensor. We have had no ground communication with the
spacecraft with the exception of some updating of possible landing
area data values for the past three quarters of an hour. This is
Gemini Control.
End of tape
our mission. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is now passing over the southern tip
of the African continent on its 22nd revolution around the earth. Com-
munications between the ground and the spacecraft have been kept at an
absolute minimum for the past half hour. This is directed by our Flight
Director, Gene Kranz, in an effort to give Command Pilot, Jim McDivitt,
a good sleep period. While McDivitt is in a sleep period, Pilot White
has been working on experiments according to our flight schedule. We

have had no communication and have no additional information to pass on
at this time. This is Gemini Control.
End of tape.
the flight of Gemini 4. The spacecraft is now off the east China coast
and will shortly pass by Midway Island on its 22nd revolution. Astro-
nauts Jim McDivitt and Ed White will thus shortly set a new American
record for long-duration space flight since Astronaut Cordon Cooper
splashed down approximately 275 miles northeast of Midway in his
Mercury spacecraft on May 16, 1963, after a flight of 34 hours, 19 min-
utes, and 49 seconds. As the Gemini 4 spacecraft comes into voice range
of our Hawaiian tracking station in a little more than 10 minutes from
now, we will transmit live from that station. The voice conversation
between the flight crew and Stew Davis, our Spacecraft Communicator
at Hawaii, we expect that Stew will pass on congratulations from the
ground. 'Ihis is Gemini Control.
End of tape.
This is Gemini Control. 34 hours and 21 minutes into the flight.
Gemini 4 Spacecraft has set a new long-duration American record for
space flight. Gemini 4 Spacecraft is now within voice range of Hawaii.
Stu Davis, our Spacecraft Comnicator there, will be talking to the
crew. We will now go to live voice transmission. This is Gemini Control.
cc I would like to advise you to perform a medical Qpe 1 pass on
pilot over RKV.
s/c Roger. Command a Type 1 medical pass on pilot over RKV.
cc pager. RKV acquisition in approximately 10 minutes.
s/c Roger. Acquisition affirm in about 10 minutes.
cc I also have a map-up date for you. Are you ready to copy?
s/c Standing by for map-up date.
cc Rev 22 01 07 00 - longitude of ascending node 63O east.
s/c Roger. Understand rev 22 01 07 00 - longitude 60' East
Flight Hawaii Cap Corn, this is Houston.
cc 63' East.
s/c Affirmative. 63' East.
cc Roger. I also would like to congratulate you on the new
American space flight record - congratulations.
s/c Roger. We got a few more to go.
cc Roger.
s/c Thank you very much.
Flight Hawaii Cap Corn, Houston Flight.
cc Go, Flight.
Flight Its about 20 minutes to his acquisition - its about 14 from
Tape 47, Page 2
your Los.
cc Roger. Gemini, Hawaii.
s/c OK Hawaii. Gemini‘4.
cc Roger. On the acquisition time of the RKV it will be approsi-
mately 20 minutes.
s/c Roger. Be approximately 20 minutes for the RKV acquisition.
cc Roger.
cc Flight, I have passed up all the parameters. We've had a TX.
We are receiving dumps at this time.
Flight OK. What's

. your OAMShelium temperature at this time
and the oxidizer tank temperature?
cc Stand by, Flight.
cc Flight, Hawaii.
Flight Go, Hawaii.
cc The OAMShelium temperature is 65', the OAMS . . . (garbled) . .
Stand by, Flight.
Flight Roger.
cc Gemini 4, Hawaii. Go ahead.
s/c Rcger, be advised I have a good view of the Hawaiian Islands now
on my window. I'm passing - I will be passing over there in about
30 seconds. There's scattered to broken clouds and looks pretty

good. In fact, right now it looks like I'm looking down on -
if I'm right, right down on the Island Niihau.
cc Roger, Gemini 4
s/c Looks pretty good.
cc Did you copy, Flight?
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Tape 47, Page 3
Flight Roger.
cc OAMShelium pressure 2,000 psia.
Flight OK, how about the OAMS oxidizer tank temperature?
cc Flight, \ Hawaii.
Flight Go ahead.
cc 65’ also.
Flight Roger.
cc We have completed tape dump.
Flight Roger. How'd your tape quality look, Stu?
cc It looked good here, Gene.
Flight OK.
cc All systems on the ground are looking good.
Flight Very good. You've got what, about 2 more passes coming up, or
one more, one more I guess.
cc We have one more in Hawaii following this series of passes.
cc Flight, Hawaii.
Flight Go ahead.
cc TR leads i second, FET lags 1; seconds.
Flight Roger.
cc Hawaii's at LOS
Flight Roger, Hawaii.
This has been a live voice transmission of communications between the

Gemini 4 space flight and the Hawaiian tracking station. This is Gemini
Control.
l?nd of tape.
cc CSQ to Gemini 4.
S/C OK. Roger. Got ....
cc Gemini....
.
cc Gemini....
S/C Hello, CSQ. Gemini 4.
CC!: OK. Roger. :'Got you loud and clear, and you look real good
on the ground. Be advised to go to a heads-up position. Heads-
up attitude for a type one medical pass over Hawaii. That's in
about five or six minutes.
WC Roger. Understand.a heads-up position over Hawaii in five
or six minutes
cc Roger. Also over Hawaii the air-to-ground communications
will be carried live on television.
S/C Roger. Understand.
cc Houston . . . . . . . .CSQ
Flt Go ahead, CSQ.
cc Is there anything else you want?
Flt Negative. That's a pretty good corn for this pass.1 didn't
think it'd be that good.
cc Say again.
Flt That was a pretty good communications for this pass. I
didn't think at that low elevation that you'd do as good.
cc Roger.
Flt Did you get the adapter C-band on and realtime TM on?
cc Gemini 4, CSQ. We have nothing else, we're standing by.
S/C . . . . CSQ. Thank you very much. Everything's Go up here.
CC Calling Houston Flight. Roger. We got the .....C;
Fit Roger.
cc Gemini 4, CSQ. Go ahead.
S/C You might ask the . . . . at Houston if they'd like to have
the break-down medical over one pass . . . . quite a while back.
I've been taking a few exercises to keep up with the four
required today myself....
CC OK. Read you with background noise. Understand you want
to inquire of Houston if they want a type one medical pass for
command pilot.
s/c Negative. See if they want to make up the one they missed
a while back.
F&t That's affirmative. Will advise him over Hawaii.
cc Roger. Gemini 4, Houston will advise you over Hawaii.
s/c Roger.That's good.
Flt CSQ Cap Corn, Houston Flight.

cc Go ahead, Flight
Flt Roger. Would you verify that the ECS 02 heater switch
is off?
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cc Roger. Gemini 4, CSQ. Would you verify that the ECS 02
heater switch is off?
WC Roger. That is affirmative. The ECS 02 heater switch
is off and has been off
Flt Roger. We read, CSQ.
cc Flight, did you copy?
Flt Affirmative.
This is Gemini Control. Spcecraft Gemini 4 is now in its
23-d revolution over the earth. Ground elapsed time is 35 hours
and 9 minutes. The spacecraft is now -- has now just passed -- is now
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just coming up on the coast of South America. During the pass over
the Rose Knot Victor, a tracking ship off the west coast of South America,
Spacecraft Commander, Jim McDivitt was in a sleep period. The Rose
Knot Victor flight surgon asked Pilot Ed White for a medical pass Type 1.
This included an oral temperature reading, a blood pressure check, a
TO-second exercise period with the bungie cord exerciser, and this was
followed by another blood pressure check. White also reported he had
4 hours of good sound sleep. He has eaten a full meal and had about
6 swallows of water. The meal consisted of beef bites, potato salad,
fruit cake, and orange juice. After analyzing the data from the medical
pass, Flight Surgon, Dr. Duane Catterson, here at Mission Control Center
in Houston, said Pilot White is in excellent condition. This is Gemini
Control.
End of tape.
our mission. The Gemini 4 Spacecraft on its 23rd revolution over the
earth. This flight is the longest duration two-man spacecraft flight
ever made. Gemini 4 is now over southern Japan. To the people on the
ground it is Saturday. In the spacecraft our pilots are going through
Friday - Friday night. We have had no voice communication since the
spacecraft passed over the Rose Knot Victor tracking ship a little over
a half hour ago. At that time, Spacecraft Commander Jim McDivitt was
asleep, and Pilot Ed White was busy with experiments. The next station
to acquire Gemini 4 will be the CSQ tracking ship in the Pacific Ocean.
End of tape.
This is Gemini Control. We are 36 hours and 9 minutes into the
mission. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is on its 23rd revolution over the earth
and is now over the Pacific Ocean moving into the night side of the
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world. Our last voice communication with the spacecraft came as it
passed the Coastal Sentry Quebec tracking ship a few minutes ago.
Pilot Ed White reported at that time that he had completed the D-8 exper-
iment. This is to measure radiation inside the spacecraft. The Coastal
Sentry Quebec also updated the spacecraft for various landing areas.
'Ihis is Gemini Control.
End of tape
This if Gemini Control. We are now 36 hours and 39 minutes
into the mission. The Gemini 4 spacecraft is on its twenty-
fourth revolution of the earth and is now on the night side
passing near Asaension Island. The last racking acquisition
of the spacecraft was made by the Rose Knot Victor tracking
ship off the west coast of South America. There was no voice
communication at this time. But the tracking ship reported
they had real solid telemetry, that it appeared that the
command pilot - the spacecraft commander - was still asleep,
and that Pilot Fd White appeared to be working at some task
or other. The Rose Knot Victor advised the Mission Control
Center that everything looked good from their vantage point.
cc G-mini 4. RKV surgeon. We have a 5jcod blood pressure. ,
Standing by..for your food, water and sleep.
s/c Roger. Power down. Got four hours of rest,most of which
was a good sound sleep. My last meal was . . . . . , orange juice,
. . . . (remainder of transmission garbled).

This is Gemini Control.. It is now 37 hours and 9 minutes since
Gemini 4 started its flight. The spacecraft is on its 24th revolution

over the earth and at the present time it is coming over the continent -
at the present time it is coming over the continent of Asia and will be
shortly moving into the Pacific Ocean area. We have been out of voice
contact with the spacecraft for approximately 1 hour. Flight Surgeon,

Dr. Duane Catterson reports that apparently Command Pilot Jim McDivitt
is getting a good long sound sleep. He said the medical telemetry

readouts are excellent and that both crewmen are in excellent physical
condition. Flight Director, Eugene Kranz, reports the spacecraft systems

are all Go at this time. This is Gemini Control.
End of tape.
GEMINI NEWS CENTER
Release No. 17
June 4, 1965
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Analysis by Norad Spadat computational
facilities reveals the following earth satellites were within

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1000 km (about 600 miles) of GT-4 Spacecraft at the time Astronaut
James McDivitt reported the satellite sighting:
Object Spadats Distance in Kilometers

Identification Number Time (CST) from GT-4
* “;
:v i' \:
Fragment 975 3-' 2:56 ' 439
Tank 932 3:Ol 740
Fragment 514 3:04 427
Omicron 646 3:06 905
Omicron 477 3:07 979
Fragment 726 3:09 625
Fragment a74 3:13 905
Omicron 124 3:13 722
10 x 20 Foot Debris
of Pegasus 1385 3:16 757
YO-YO De-Spin
Weight 167 3:18 684
Pegasus B at 3:06 (CST) was about 2000 km in the proper direction to
be observed by the astronauts.

This is Gemini Control. The ground elapsed time since Gemini 4
began its flight is now 37 hours and 39 minutes. The spacecraft at
present is over the mid-Pacific on its 24th revolution around the

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earth. It is in drifting flight. We have had no voice communication
with the flight crew now for more than 90 minutes by design. Space-
craft Commander Jim McDivitt is still asleep from all indications we
get on the ground and Pilot Ed White is busy performing various exper-
iments. However, the ground tracking stations report everything is
proceeding normally. Here at the Mission Control Center in Houston,
our retro controller, Tom Carter, estimates that the second stage of
the Titan launch vehicle, which went into orbit with Gemini 4, will
reenter about noon tomorrow, central standard time. Its impact point
is predicted for 11' North latitude and 173' East longitude. This is
near the Marshall Islands in the Pacific. In the 23rd revolution
of the flight, the Titan rocket was 3,000 miles ahead of the space-
craft and 25 to 30 miles below the spacecraft. This is Gemini control.
End of tape.
GEMINI NEWS CENTER
Release No. 17
June 4, 1965
HOUSTON, TEXAS -- Analysis by Norad Spadat computational
facilities reveals the following earth satellites were within

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1000 km (about 600 miles) of GT-4 Spacecraft at the time Astronaut
James McDivitt reported the satellite sighting:
Object '.% Spadats ' Distance in Kilometers

Identification Number 1"' Time (CST) from GT-4
*Fragment 975 2:56 439
*Tank 932 3:Ol 740
'*Fragment 514 3:04 427
Omicron Transit 4A 646 3:06 905
*Fragment 726 3:09 625
*Fragment 074 3:13 905
10x20 Foot Debris

of Pegasus -- Shroud .
(A or B) not a work-
ing part of Satellite 1385 3:16 757
YO-YO De-Spin
Weight- 2' to 3' 167 3:18 684
Pegasus B at 3:06 (CST) was about 2000 km in the proper direction tc
be observed by the astronauts.
*4' to 6' in length down to 15" in length, 2' to 6" in width.

. . . . 16 minutes ago. Blood pressure readouts in the Command Pilot
were begun during the pass over the Rose Knot Victor as well as oral
temperature readouts. But completion of these was postponed until the
pass over Ascension Island voice remoting station. The spacecraft
should be in contact with Ascension at this time. This is Gemini
Control.
End of tape.
This is Gemini Control, 40 hours, nine minutes after
liftoff. Gemini 4 spacecraft is now just southeast of Teheran,
Iran, midway through the twenty-sixth revolution. During the
pass over the Kano, Nigeria, Voice-Remoting Station, the flight
surgeon passed up some more Little League baseball scores to
the crew. Mike McDivitt plays for the Hawks, and Eddie White
plays for the Dodgers. Both teams won their games. A tape
recording of this voice transmission follows. This is Gemini
Control.
cc Gemini 4, Gemini 4. Houston Cap Corn. Over.
S/C Gemini Houston, Gemini 4.
cc Roger, Gemini 4. T'd like to explain this split burn to
you. Over.
S/C Houston, send a release,,you're still keyed.
cc Gemini 4, Gemini 4. Anytime your OAMS burn is greater than
120 feet per second, we will give you a split burn -- 84 feet
out of the forward thrusters and a balance out of the aft
thrusters. Do you understand? Over.
S/C OK. Anytime it‘s greater than 120 feet per second, give it
84, that's eightyfour out,of the forward, rest out of the aft.
cc Roger. You got it, Jim, and we will be standing by at all
these remote sites. I'll just give you a call and say standing
by; and if you get lonesome and have any comments, you can come
on up and we have a few personal messages here from the doctor.
Over.
s/c OK.
cc Gemini 4, this if Houston.surgeon. I have a message for
the Command Pilot. Little League score of the Hawks, 3, the
Pelicans, 2; and Mike walked. Do you copy? Gemini 4, this is
Houston surgeon. Do you read?
s/c Roger. I do.
cc Did you copy the score for the Hawks - Pelican game?
WC Roger. Boy! Did I ever:
cc Roger. A message for the pilot. The Dodgers 11, the
Yankees, 10; and Eddie had one for three.
s/c OK. He's sleeping right now, but I'll tell him when he
wakes up.
cc Roger. You can also advise him that his wife received the
flowers. She forgot to tell him that today when she was on
air-to-ground.
Cape Receivers Note: RE: Tape 56, Page 3
'The following page was erroneous@ omitted during the night8s
transmissions:
Botto? of Page 2, Tape 56, "End of Tape" should be removed.
Button
S/C OK.
cc Houston surgeon out. Jim, this is Cap Corn. You also
might tell the pilot when he wakes up that Jim's here, and
he's going to give him one more chance to change seats with him.
S/C Roger.
cc Hey, listen. The only free water we've got in here is
anytime we've tried to use that urine system.
cc Have fun, Gemini 4, and as I say, anytime you get lonesome,
we'll be standing by in the remote sites.
S./C OK.
End of tape
This is Gemini Control. 40 hours and 39 minutes after lift-off.
The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over the New Hebrides Islands in the
southwest Pacific in an orbit measuring 101 statute miles at perigee

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and 172.5 statute miles at apogee. The next station contact will be
with the tracking ship Rose Knot Victor 29 -- 21 minutes from now.
End of tape.
Mission Commentary Transcript nape 38, Page 1
c This is Gemini Control. 41 hours and 11 minutes after lift-off.
The Gemini 4 spacecraft has just crossed the west coast of South America
and is now over the southern Peru. During the pass over the tracking
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ship Rose Knot Victor just completed, a Type 1 medical data pass was
to have been run on Pilot Ed White; but since the pilot was still
sleeping, the medical data check on him was postponed until a later
pass. The Type 1 checks are run once daily on the Command Pilot and
once or more per day on the Pilot. The checks involve measurements
of oral temperature, blood pressure, plus exercise on the bungie
exercise device once per second for 30 seconds. The RKV Cap Corn reported
to the Flight Director that the spacecraft looked good on his telemetry
readouts- A tape of this pass follows. 'Ihis is Gemini Control.
s/c RKV, this is Gemini 4.
cc Roger. Were you expecting a Type 1 pass on you this time?
s/c Roger. I'll hurry up my system heating . . . . . , .
cc Roger. Insert the oral temperature probe and we'll stand by.
We've got 8 minutes so it should give us plenty of time to do
it. Gemini 4, if you have just had a drink of water it won't
do you any good to insert the oral temp probe.
Roger. This aero-med pass is on the pilot.
s/c He is still asleep.

cc Don't bother to wake him. Do not bother to awaken the pilot.
s/c Say again.

cc Do not bother to awaken him for it. We'll hold on until later on.
nape 58, Page 2
s/c Roger. I didn't plan to get him up for another 10 or 15 minutes.
Do you want my temperature and blood pressure?
cc Gemini 4 stand by and we will check with the Cape and see what
they want, EL Flight, RKV.
Flight Stand by. Negative on that, RKV.
cc Roger. We will just stand by on this one then.
Flight Roger.
cc Gemini 4, RKV. Negative on the Type 1 on the Command Pilot.
Did you copy?
s/c Roger. You don't want a 'Iype 1 pass on the Command Pilot.
cc That's negative. We'll just stand by on this one.
s/c OK. Sorry we don't have any business for you.
cc Everything looks Go here on the ground. The surgeons here
advise that the pilot appears to be sleeping very good.
Flight Roger.
CC Will you want a playback on this aero-med data? Its very nominal
here.
Flight Negative on that, RKV.,
cc Roger. Thank you. Primary 02 tank pressure is running 957.
Do you want us to advise'him to go to 02 high rate and run that
pressure down?
Flight I think he's keeping an eye on that XV.
cc OK.
Flight RKV, this is Houston Flight,
cc Roger, Flight.
Flight You know the standard procedure for doing that now. We are
not using the 02 hi& rate, we are using the repress valve.
cc Roger.
.
Flight Apparently going to high rate disturbes the crew when they
are asleep because you get extra noise when the fans go off.
cc Yeah, I imagine that could make quite a difference. Every-
thing still looks good from here, Floyd. TR and FET are within
one second.
Flight Roger.
cc . We have had extremely solid 'IT4 all the way through this pass.
Flight Roger, FKV. Are you running on low power -- HT?
cc That's negative. We went back to high power.
Flight Roger. You're coming through loud and clear now.
cc Roger. 'Ihe RKV has had air loss.
Flight Roger, RKV.
End tape.
Flt Roger. That should then be at -- let's get that GNT --
170 is three hours and ten minutes, 11:40 ZULU.
cc Roger, Flight. Their T 0 is scheduled for IL:42 ZULU.
Flt OK. That gives us -- it'd be about Canary.
cc Roger
Flt That really shouldn't any trouble at all.
CC No. It's ....
Flt what's their predicted length of mission?
cc 30 minutes.
Flt Due west for 30 minutes.
cc Roger. It's quadulant. Even if the spacecraft is in the
Pacific, they're down so low ....
Flt We've got a 2,250 nautical mile safety on the thing, so
we'll hold them if they get within 2,250 nautical miles of the
impact point. Nine minutes.
cc Is -- The long and lat he gave me was 168O East, go North.
And were in the Southern Hemisphere'at that time. There'll
be no problem about that. Their launch window runs from
11:35 to 15:35.
Flt OK.
This is Gemini Control. Forty-one hours and 39 minutes
after liftoff. The spacecraft is now in it's twenty-seventh
revolution and over the\ northern sector of the Arabian
Peninsula. During the recent pass over the Canary Island
Tracking Station, the crew was given information on Apollo
Land Mark Experiment in the northern part of Africa. The
pilot, Ed White, was awakened for the type one medical check
that was omitted during the pass.over the tracking ship Rose
Knot Victor. This is Gemini Control.
: Flt Roger. Houston. You look good from.here., Stand by - we want
you to wake the pilot up. We will run an aeromed pass one at
this time.
WC Roger. Just got him up.
Flt OK. Stand by for my surgeon on UHF.
cc Pilot, this is Canary surgeon. Would you pump up the
blood pressure cuff?
S/C He just put the thermometer in his mouth, and he's getting
the cuff on.
cc Gemini 4, you need not take oral temperature. We will not
have time. We will dispense with that. Proceed to pump up
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your blood pressure cuff.
s/c OK. Canary, is this Apollo land mark investigation to.be
done with or without fuel?
Flt Without. Canary, this is Houston. Without fuel, do you
read?
cc Yes. Gemini 4, this is Canary surgeon.
s/c Go ahead, Canary surgeon. Gemini 4.
cc Your blood pressure was received. Begin exercise, on your
mark.
S/C Mark. Did you get our mark?
cc Check. We received your mark.
S/C OK. We're sending a blood pressure now.
cc Gemini 4. Canary surgeon. Your cuff is full. Have you
completed your exercise?
S/C Roger.
Flt Houston Flight, Canary Cap Corn. Calling on the SOP, we
should be turning ourself off now. I will let it run until
nearer DOS.
cc Gemini 4. Your blood pressure has been received. May I
have your food, water and rest status.

S/C Roger. Gemini 4. I just got up from a long winter's
nap. I had a four and a half hour sleep. Out of that time
I probably had a good three and a half hours of sleep. I've
had, since I got up, three swallows of water, I finished my --
before I went to bed I had Meal A of Day 2, and I'm getting ready
to eat Meal 2 of . . . . Meal 3 of Day 2.
cc Very good. I will return you to Cap Corn. Canary surgeon,
out. Gemini 4, Canary Cap Corn. We're at LOS. Do you have
anything more?
s/c Roger. I'd like to know if this Apollo Landmark specification
coming up is with or without fuel.
cc Roger, Flight, did you copy?
Fit Roger.Without maneuvers. Without OAMS.
cc It is without fuel.
s/c Roger.
end of tape
This is Gemini Control. Forty -two hours, 9 minutes
after liftoff. The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over

A
Townsville, Australia nearing the end of the 27th revolution.
.
No contact has been made with the spacecraft since early in
this revolution over the Canary Island Tracking Station. The
next station to be in radio range of the spacecraft will be
the tracking ship --Pose Knot Victor, 26 minutes from now. ,After
this brief two minute pass, the RKV can retire for the night
until the 3 th revolution, some 20 hours from now.
(End of Tape)
This is Gemini Control, 42 hours 39 minutes after lift-off.
The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now approaching the west coast of South
America , just south of Guayaquil, Equador and is in voice contact
with the tracking ship Rose Knot Victor. The spacecraft is in an
orbit measuring 101 statute miles at paragee and 172 statute miles
apogee. Additional Apollo landmark experiment data was passed to
the crew during the pass over the Rose Knot Victor tracking ship.
End of tape.
1’’
cc: Roger, I have some Apollo updates for you.
SC:
cc: Roger.
s/c : Do we have
cc: Roger, Apollo landmark close to approach. Left 28,
number 11, GMT 101651, 28 miles south, number 12, GMT 102150,
6 miles south, number 13 GMT 102530, 1.5 miles north, number
18, 103013, 28 miles north. No attitude control will be used
for these maneuvers.
s/c : Roger, understand, go right ahead control, would you
read
cc: Roger, the first one was on number 11, 101651, 28 miles
south,
s/c:
cc: four updates
s/c:
EC: Ah, Roger, everything looks good from down here.
s/c:
cc: Ah Roger, we understand on that.
s/c: RKV?
Flight for No. 12 Apollo update. I have a time of 102190
and the chart is 102650, which is correct?
F: Correct number is 162150 zulu.
cc: Roger, that's the number I gave him.
cc: Gemini 4, we'll have LOF in about one minute here. Do
you have anything?
s/c : CapCom this is Gemini 4, be advised that the Apollo
landmarks, the attitude, no it's not that, we can't get very
much out of them.
cc: Roger, we understand on that, that's okay.
s/c : Roger
F: RKV, this is Houston Flight.
cc: Roger, go ahead.
F: Tell him on numbers 12 and 13 he can use fuel sparingly.
cc: Flight advises that on numbers 12 and 13 you can use
fuel sparingly. Do you copy?
s/c : Roger, on numbers 12 and 13 I can use fuel sparingly.
cc: Roger.
s/c : Roger, I'll be..
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This is Gemini Control, 43 hours, 9 minutes after lift-off.
The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over Benghazi, Libya early in the
28th revolution.\ During the pass over the Canary Island tracking
station which began 13 minutes ago, the Canary Cap Corn advised the
crew of Gemini 4 that the spacecraft systems all look green from the
ground. A tape recorded during the pass over the voice remoting
station at Antigua follows. This is Gemini Control.
cc Gemini 4, Gemini 4, this is Houston Cap Corn. Over.
s/c Gemini 4.
cc Roger, Gemini 4. We'd like your quantity read switch on for
about 10 seconds please.
s/c Roger. On for 10 seconds.
cc Gemini 4, this is Houston.; I have a map up-date for you.
s/c Roger. Go ahead.

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cc Roger. The ascending node of rev 29, ll$tWest, GMT 12 56 46.
s/c Roger. We have 29, 119' West, I2 56 46.
cc Rog, Ed, and you can delete -- its an error on your fli&t plan --
delete at elapsed time of 45 minutes, correction, 45 hours and
15 minutes, delete the M-3 experiment. That is an error in
your copy of the flight plan. Over.
s/c Roger, 45 hours and 15 minubes

cc Roger.
This is Gemini Control

Tape 63, Page 2
This is Gemini Control, ‘~3 hours, 11 minutes after lift-off.
We now have a tape recording of the voice transmission during Gemini IV's
pass over the Canary Islands Tracking Station during the 28th re-
volution. The tapes follows. This is Gemini control.
CC Gemini IV, Canary Cap Corn.
s/c Go ahead Canary, Gemini IV.
cc Roger. Your systems look green.
s/c Roger. The pass systems are green. Thank you. We look good
up here.
cc Gemini IV, Ganary Cap Corn. Is your quantity switch in the
read position?
s/c That's affirmative. I will turn it off nuw.
Roger. It's off.
End of tape.
liftoff. The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over Central
Australia, mid-way
. through the 28th revolution. During the
pass just ended over the Canarvon Tracking Station, routine
retrofire times for several planned landing areas were passed

to
up/the crew by the Canarvon CapCom. This is Gemini Control.
cc: Gemini 4, Canarvon CapCom.
s/c : Gemini 4, go ahead.
cc: _ Roger, read you loud and clear. Can you give me a
little info on how your control went over North Africa and
how much pul........did you do?
s/c: Roger, control in about the middle of the target
of number 12 when by I had the period of
pretty well squared away I could see the
target, I believe. Target number 13 did work and
clear, I was able to pick up the City of Alexandria, an airport
and I think perhpas I have been able put my attention
airport, I went ahead and operated the camera and took
come pictures and I passed over the location on target from
the data called up was it exactly.

cc: Roger, what time did you turn your ACME power supply
off?
S/C:Roger: I turned the ACME power supply off I would estimate

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about 235.
cc: Roger, I under rate of a pitch
,s/c: Roger
cc: 30-110902+191300134+529+4031-184 Aft will be 428 2+20
0+541434223+549+1832-184 aft= will be 562+201+11160816
3+058+5333-184 aft will be 682+201+271742152+378+4934-4120

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2+322029043+338 -? 5529 Bravo 8450 Aft 2+201+0310163512+083OBravo
;
1202+3213501912+2931Bravo952+0115300921+4832Bravo861+5017
050110+4033Bravo841+4718362810+01 Over
s/c : Roger, I got 'em all 'cept for one quantity 3-l aft
compa‘ny
cc: Aft company 68
s/c : Roger 68 I have quality'readouts.
cc: Okay, very good, you look real good here.
s/c : Roger, any other thing?

s/c : Ah, you don't have a new map-up date for me do you?
cc: Not at this time, you'll get a log
s/c : Roger, 1'11 be waiting for another one
CC:] Roger, I'll pass that on to Houston

liftoff. The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now nearing the
Panama Canal Zone. No contact has been made with the
spacecraft since the pass over the Canarvon Tracking Station
earlier in the 28th revolution. We have now begun the
29th revolution. This is Gemini Control.

Mission Commentary Transcript Tape # 66, Page 1
liftoff. The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over the Libyian
Desert, southwest of Tripoli at the beginning of the 29th

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revolution. The Canary Island Tracking station contacted
the crew of the spacecraft and reported that the spacecraft
looked good from there. The Command Pilot reports everything
is go for the spacecraft. The spacecraft is in an orbit
with a perigee of 98.3 statute miles and an apogee of 158.2
statute miles. This is Gemini Control.
(End of tape)
This is Gemini Control, 45 hours, 9 minutes after lift-off. At
the present time the Gemini IV is directly over the Carnarvon,

Australia tracking station. Spacecraft crew reports that everything
looks good from their end. This will be fairly long track across
the Carnarvon station, in that it comes, the spacecraft orbital
track comes directly across the circle of acquisition of this
station. This is Gemini Control.

Tape 68, page 1
This is Gemini control, 45 hours, 39 minutes after lift-off. 'Be
Gemini IV spacecraft is now over the mid Pacific and will cross
Mexico and Cuba 10 minutes from now. The Bermuda tracking station
should have a good solid data and voice pass this trip, as should
the Canary Island station shortly thereafter. This is Gemini control.

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h This is Gemini control, 46 hours, 9 minutes after lift-off. Gemini IV
spacecraft is now
. crossing the northeast coast of Africa, south of
Casa Blanca and is in radio contact with the Canary Island tracking
station. The crew provided the Houston flight surgeon with blood
pressure and oral temperature readouts, as well as food and water
usage report. Also the flight plan was updated by Houston Cap Corn.
A tape recording of the pass over the stateside tracking station
follows. This is Gemini Control.
Flight Gemini IV, Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn, over.
s/c Houston Cap corn, Gemini IV.
Flight Roger, we are receiving your oral temp. We would like
your quantity read switch on throughout the state pass, over.
This is Houston Cap Corn. You can commence vour blood fDres-
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sure at this time and I am turning you over to aeromed, over.
Gemini'IV, this is Houston surgeon, we have your oral temperature
you can send blood pressure now. Your temp is full scale.
Blood pressure is received Gemini IV. Start exercise on your
mark.
s/c On your mark.
Flight Blood pressure is received. Standing by for your food and

water report. We have your sleep report from Canaries at
09 06 zuh.
s/c Roger, understand. I have completed the second meal and had
n . -.
r- - .- r
L Lr - - _L i L L L 1*. & k A * i - -. --
Tape 69, page 2
approximately 6 swallows of water. I also had a good use
of the defecation pack. And everything is in good shape.
Flight Gemini IV, Houston‘Cap Corn. Put your quantity read switch
on and leave it on until I tell you, over.
s/c Roger, it's on now.
Flight Roger, I have some flight plan updates. Are you ready to
COPY? Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn, are you ready to copy
flight plan update, over.
s/c . .
s/c Okay Houston, Go ahead, Gemini IV.
Flight Roger. At GET of 47 plus 00 delete. Translation 2 alpha.
Horizon scan moon set check and horizon scan thruster plume
check. Gemini IV at a G.e.t. of 47 plus 00 minutes insert
Experiment D-9, ~IXI 1 at GMT of 14:14:00 with OAMS. I say
again with OAMS.
s/c This is Gemini IV. I understand that at elapsed time of
about 47 hours you want translation 2 alpha, horizon scan,
plume set check and horizon scan thruster plume check and
insert D-9, run 1 at 14:14:00 with OAMS.
Flight Check, that is affirmative, Gemini IV. Also concerning
Experiment MSC 1, we would like you to turn your ACK beacon

off for a period of about 5 minutes during the period of
your MSC 1 experiment. Recommend you do this between Conno
and Carnarvon, this pass, over.

Tape 69, page 3
s/c I understand you want MSC 1 Experiment - the beacon turned
off for 5 minutes.
Flight That's affirmative, Gemini IV. They want about 5 minutes
of this experiment with your ACK beacon off when there are
no UHF Transmissions.
s/c Roger, you want me to go to real time, delayed time, or you
want me to turn the ACK beacon off at the circuit breaker.
Flight Roger, use the circuit breaker.
s/c Okay.
Flight Gemini IV, Houston. We would like a repeat on your food and
water report.
s/c From the pilot, or do you want a new one from me.
Flight That's from the pilot, please.
s/c Roger, this is the pilot. I had, about 3 hours ago I had
meal 2, day 2. I had about 4 l/2 swallows of water. I had
a'successful use of the defecation bag.
Flight Roger, Gemini IV.
s/c Houston, this is Gemini IV. There has been a . .
What stations are we passing over right now.

.-,
-Flight Roger, we have you Bermuda right now. You just passed through
Texas and Canaveral.
s/c Roger.
Flight Good morning Jim, how do you feel?

nape 69, page 4
s/c Feel pretty good.
Flight You sound great.
SIC Thank you. How are you?
Flight Had a good night's sleep?
s/c No, I got a little more sleep this time though, than I
have been in the past.
Flight How about that plug in your throat there. Have you taken
that out when you were sleeping?
s/c No, No, negative. No I didn't disconnect my radio. I left
it on. .
Flight Did it bother you at all.
S/C Has been up till now but this time I guess I was pretty
tired and I slept without it.
Flight Very good.
Gemini IV, Houston. You can turn your quantity read switch
off now.
Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn. You can turn your quantity read
switch off.
s/c Roger, it's off.
Flight Roger, you are looking good here. Have a good day.
Which we will play at this time. This is Gemini Control.
cc Gemini IV, Canary Cap Corn.
vc Go ahead Canary, Gemini IV.
cc Roger. Request that you use the cabin repress valve instead
Tape 69, page 5
of O2 high rate. Also be advised that Houston says do not
relieve through the cabin if you can avoid it.
s/c We don't have any other place to put the oxygen except in
the cabin.
cc Roger. They are wanting you to avoid relieving through
the cabin relief.
s/c O2 pressure down to 9 hundred and 10.
cc Roger, I understand. g 10.
s/c Could youtell me why that they want to use the repress
instead of the O2 high rate. Where else are we to put
the oxygen.
cc Roger.
Flight Canaries, this is Houston.
cc Roger, Houston, go ahead.
Flight We were using the repress because the O2 high rate switches
off the fan and tends to be noisy. Wanted to do this to
keep the noise down in the cabin when one pilot was asleep.
As far as the relieving - we were talking about relieving
m.2rboard. Don't - ask him not to not to let the cabin

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Bessure get so high that he actually relieves O2 overboard.
Normal system. You can point out to him that his O2 use in
the last couple of hours is about 25 percent up over the
average for the day.
cc Roger. Gemini IV, Canary Cap Cam.

s/c Go ahead.
cc Roger. The reason for using the repress is to avoid turning
off your fans and to cut down on your noise level in the cabin.
s/c Okay.
cc Do not relieve overboard, if you can avoid it.
s/c Okay Canary they don't want me to vent the ECS 02 overboard.
Roger, they want to vent it overboard through the cabin. Is

that it?
cc They don't want to avoid overboard at all if'possible.
s/c Roger. I know it.
cc Okay. Your O2 usage for the last 24 hours, correction -
Flight Canary Cap Corn. Was that 24 hours?
Flight Negative. Over the last 2 or 3 hours.
cc Over the last 2 or 3 hours has been 25 percent higher than
normal.
s/c . Roger. Our cabin has been holding alright. There really
isn't too much we can do about that. That tank pressure goes
up and that is just about all there is to it. We are actually
venting oxygen overboard that we don't need to.
cc Roger
s/c How is O2 consumption. I have been plotting it and it
looks like we are in reasonably good shape.
Flight That's affirmative Canary.
cc Flight, Canary. Do you have time on his 021
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Tape 69, page 7
Flight Roger. He is in real good shape. He's got oh somewhere
-\
(' beween 5 and 10 hours above what we need. Plus the secondary.
/'
_x/
cc Five or 10 hours above necessary plus secondary.
Flight Even at the rate he is using it right now.
cc Your rate, even at your present rate, you will have enough.
for 5 or 10 hours more than you need plus secondary 02.
s/c Okay, fine. Thank you., Planning to take your advide about
not venting any overboard but I just don't know how I'm going
to do that.
ENDOFTAPE
This is Gemini Control Houston, 46 hours and 40 minutes
b
into the mission on the 30th revolution. Two minutes ago
the Canarvon station acquired the Gemini 4 spacecraft. The

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opening voice contact was requested the status of Jim McDivitt,
he came back, he said we're in good shape up here and the
qound said he looked good also. Mission Director Chris Kraft
is now chatting with the capsule communicator at Canarvon.
The, uh, one observation he's made...we'll break this transmission
because, he, we're apparently having feedback on the line.
(End of Tape)
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Mission Commentary Transcript Tape # 71, page 1
This is Gemini Control, 46 hours, 55 minutes into the
mission. We've completed another shift change of Flight
Controllers here in the Control Center and this is settling

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down to becoming a fairly routine practice now. It consists
to an half an hour to 45 minutes of discussion between the
oncoming shift and the outgoing shift member, conducted in-
formally. We purposely try to schedule the shift change at
a period when there is very little activity, no station
contact: so that the full discussion can cover the previous
eight hours. A word or two should be said on the operation
of the Mission Control Center here throughout this flight.
It's been nothing short of outstanding. We've had no problems
in our very complex communications system. Our computers have
performed just an outstanding, uh, in an outstanding way.
Here on the floor in the Control CentOr we've been I.... the
only small problem we have had has occurred in the last hour
or two. A transformer in one of the consoles got a little hot
and it was decided to replace it. The, uh, scence, then, uh,
became something like a pit stop at Indiannapolis, about
three people descended on the console, pulled the front and
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Mission Commentary Transcript Tape #71, page 2
the back off, reached in very quickly and took out a small
electrical device, it was replaced in a matter of minutes.
At, uh, we are ready at.this time to play for you the tape
of the Canarvon Station which the spacecraft departed some
5 minutes ago, and let's hear that tape now.
cc: Gemini 4, Canarvon CapCom
s/c : We're Gemini 4
cc: Roger, What's you status?
s/c : 'Well, uh, we're in good shape.
cc: Well, you're looking real good on the ground, I'd like
a few readouts from you.
s/c: okay
cc: I'd like OMS source helium temp, pressure and propellant
quantity.
s/c : On propellant quantity I have about 61 percent, it
fluctuates between that and 63.
cc: Roger, how /bout your helium temp and your helium pressure?
s/c : My helium temperature is about 58
cc: Good
s/c : . ..and the pressure is a little under 2 tnau$and
cc: Say a little under what?

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s/c : T Two thousand
cc: Ah, roger.

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cc: Houston Flight, Canarvon CapCom.
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F: Go ahead.
cc: okay, OMS source helium temp is 58, helium pressure.
a little under 2000
F: We copied all that Ed.
cc: Okay, nothing else then.
F: Roger, we're reading him, you extremely well this
morning.
cc: Roger, the communications with him seemed really
improved as we continue the mission.
F: That's right.
cc: Good equipment. Okay, we're standing by here on the
ground if you have anything. XXX3QIX
s/c : we're preparing to do Experiment B9 and we probably
won't have any transmission for you.
cc: Okay, very good.
cc: Flight, Canarvon, we're not getting you any good.....
skin track.
F: Roger
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This is Gemini Control, Houston, 47 hours and 10
minutes into the mission. We've been out of touch with
the spacecraft now about 10 minutes, ever since it left
Australia. It will be another five minutes before it starts

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swinging across Mexico on a pass that will carry it across
the Gulf and Florida. Uhhhh, the, in the next hour the pilot
plans to perform some terrain and weather photography over
the United States. Uh, all in all, we're looking fine here,
should have contact perhaps in two to three minutes, This
is Gemini Control.
End of Tape
Mission Commentary tianscript Tape 73, paw 1
'Ihis is Gemini control, Houston, in the 31st rev of the spacecraft
over the Australian Continent. In the past hour we have had a report
from Tannarive that they have been pleged by power failures out there,
which has reduced their capabily on the teletype contact with this
station. They plan to vertually shut down the station for the
next 3 to 4 hours and expect to be back up with us around noon our
time. In the last stateside pass we had planned to do some D-9
experiments. Or in other words do some star sextion tracking. This
was not done however because the stars could not be seen in the
daylight. The two are however performing star tracking experimentation
right now over Australia. They've advised us because the are working
with the sexton and controlling the attitude of the spacecraft there
will be very little conversation during this pass across Australia.
In the most recent pass across the states c ommand pilot Jim McDivitt
in a discussion with the flight surgeon noted some dryness in the
throat which is expected from the oxygen atmosphere in the cabin. But,
of - another medical sidelight of some interest .to Dr. Berry however,
was McDivitt's statement that at the end of the first day or since
the end of the first day some irritation around the eyes which is ex-
pected from an oxygen invironment has cleared up. Gordon Cooper noted
the same sort of irritation in his day and a half flight. The medical
people here are wondering what's been @anned to find out a little more
about this. Whey would like to know what the position of the faceplate
has been since the end of the first day. .l?he thought being that that
could bear on whether there's - on this clearing up of the irritation
We 73, page 2
around the eyes. The cabin humidity at last readout was 58.5 percent.
We have just lost signal with Carnarvon in the last minute as the
spacecraft swings up across the Pacific, in contact with Canton Island
station in 3 or 4 minutes. Meanwhile we have racked up the tape on
the last United States pass. We are prepared to play it for you now.
Flight Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn.
s/c Go ahead Houston, Gemini IV.
Flight Roger. You busy with D-g?
s/c KO. I think it just drew to a close. We just can't see the
stars in the daylight and I can't carry out the daylight portion
of it. We will wait until we get back to the night time and
do a little more with that.
Flight Roger. I want to talk to you a little bit about this O2 high
usage rate thing.
s/c Okay.
Flight We don't think it's any problem. We would like for you to
put your quantity read switch on and leave it on for the next
several hours so that we can get a feel for what's going on.
We want to try to - even at the rate that it's been used the
last several hours. It won‘t be any problem. We would like
to find some way to control this thing so it won't be a
nuisance to you, so you won't be bothered with it. This is
the reason we want to take a look at it for some time. Don't

like the idea of you having to relieve pressures or build up
pressures every few minutes. You read me?

Tape 73, page 3
s/c Houston, Gemini IV. I got the . . . . . to leave
the read switch on for awhile and then all the rest cut-off.
Say again.
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Flight Okay. Jim, how do you read now?
S/C For the next couple of hours - say after that.
Flight Wait until we get Bermuda acquisition. I'll tell you there.
s/c Okay.
cc Go ahead Houston,
Flight Roger.
cc Bermuda
Flight What I was saying is we want to get a hack on whats going on
with that pressure buildup in the primary O2 system. We want
to try to find someway to control without you having to
re relieve cabin pressures every few minutes or every few hours
so this is the reason we want your quantity read switch on
for the next several hours.
s/c Okay. What did you say about my usage?
Flight It is a little bit higher than it has been but nothing to
worry about. You've got - you have plenty so don't be concerned
about it.
s/c Okay. In plotting it, it looks like we are going to end up
with 7 or 8 percent, maybe.

Flight Yeah, we are just trying to find someway to keep you from
having to relieve the cab pressure every now and then.
s/c Okay. I don't like that either.

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Tape 73, page 4
Flight Say ah - the flight surgeon yould like to know if either one
of you have had any trouble with drying around the eyes or
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dry throat.
s/c My throat is a little dry. And our eyes were burning us by
the end of the first day, but that's all cleared up now.
Flight Okay. Very good.
s/c Hey Gus, could you give me a G.m.t.
Flight Roger, I'll give it to you at 14:45:00 in about 20 seconds.
s/c Roger, 14:40
Flight 10 seconds to go. That'11 be 14:45:00 on my mark. MARK
s/c Roger. 14:45:00.
Flight Any complaints?
s/c No, except this thing isn't very big
Flight Your next pass over the states we'll have the latest news for
you.
s/c Okay, very good.
END OF TAPE
Mission Commentary Transcription Tape #74, Page 1
into the mission on the 31st revolution. Some information
for you on the'fuel, the onboard OMS's fuel. We still have
195 pounds remaining as compared to 360 pounds at liftoff.
In the last 24 hours we've used virtually no fuel although
there has been some attitude adjustment here and there
to snap a picture. Our systems people advise however there's
been no measurable decrease. In the oxygen department we
have 27% pounds of oxygen remaining in our primary tank,
this compares with 50 pounds at liftoff, 24 hours to go
we reported our remainder was 35 pounds and this would indicate
a usage of something on the order of 7 to 8 pounds in the
past 24 hours which follows very carefully, very closely,
the expected plot. In addition to our primary oxygen tank,
we have a two back-up,'uh, secondary oxygen tank, each
containing enough oxygen to keep a man in spacecraft com-
fortable for a period of about one day. (irom the North
American Air Defense Command we're advised that Space Object.
1391 which is the second stage of the Gemini launch vehicle
is expected to decay and to burn back into the earth's

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Mission Commentary Transcription Tape #74, Page 2
atmosphere between 11:50 and uh, 1, uh, 1 p.m. CST today.

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As we get closer to that, uh, time WBX the EZ@KX expected
decay, we'll be able to give you a more precise fix on

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precisely when and where that object will I reenter the
earths atmosphere. This is Gemini Control, 48 hours and 44
minutes into the mission.
End of Tape
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This is Gemini Control in Houston. The spacecraft
has been in contact within the last few minutes. Gus
Grissom has been talking to Jim McDivitt relaying today's
news, let's tune in on that line right now.
s/c: delayed again, 22.5
cc: Roger, 9 and 22.5.
s/c : Your on the rest of the electrical readings
cc: Say Again.
s/c: The rest of the electrical readings are normal.
cc: Okay, fine.

\ cc: Hey, Jim,
s/c : Go Ahead
cc: The next.time you bleed down your primary oxygen pressure
bring it all the way down to about 800 psi and that way,
we can't find much else we can do about the thing, just bring
it down lower so you work with a wider band, and we don't
think this is going to use any more.
s/c: if not
I'll bring it down to around 800.
cc: Okay. You can go way down in your pressure now without
hurting anything. If it gets to be a nuisance bleed it on

down so you don't have to watch it so close and be bothered
with it so much.
s/c: .
cc: I can't read you very good right now, wait til we get
to Bermuda again, will you.
'cc: okay.
cc: Gemini 4, Houston Capcom
S/C: Gemini 4
cc: Roger, could you give us an estimate as to how far
that satellite was from yesterday.
s/c: I couldn't really tell, it looked like quite a large
object. It looked like I was iax2Wx approaching it rather
rapidly I'd say ten miles or so.
CC:] Ten miles?
s/c : That would only be a guess. It was close enought
that I could see....
cc: See what?
s/c:
cc: Your're coming off pretty badly there, I couldn't
read thdt.
s/c: okay
cc: That came through good.

s/c : Allright, I said I got close enough to
cc: Close enough to it to what? The nearest we can tell
there wasn't anything that close to you. Pegasus was about
1200 miles aGay.
S/C: No, not quite that close. That far away.
cc: Pretty good eyeball, allright.
s/c : I took a picture, I just hope it comes out.
cc: So do we.
s/c: Unfortuantely...
cc: Are you using box because your're cutting out
s/c : No I'm using continuous interphone push to talk,
how do you read me now?
cc: Good. Every now and then the last part of your
sentence cuts off.
s/c: okay,, maybe I've got a weak thumb. Hey, would you
ask the Doctors if its okay if I this exercise?
cc: If you use it?
s/c : but I'd sure like
to get more exercise than I'm getting.
cc: Sure, go ahead.

s/c: It's okay?
cc: Sure, just let us know how much you use it, if you will.
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s/c : I sure will, is it okay?
cc: It's okay, go ahead and use it.
s/c : Okay, do you have a

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cc: Say again.
s/c : Can I get
cc: Your're cutting out again, go ahead, say again.
s/c : May I use the exerciser like in free exercise?
cc: Roger.
s/c : Thank you.
s/c : here, go ahead.
cc: Do you have a time hack at the exact time you saw this
Satellite?
s/c : No I do not, I ~~EoH%$H;~~xcalled it out on the radio
and it ought to be on the tape.
cc:] Okay.
s/c : I also put it on the voice recorder so you can go
back and look for it.
cc: Okay, the exact time you saw it you put it on the tape?
s/c : That's right.
cc: On the radio.
s/c: Right.
cc: Hey, Jim.
s/c : Go ahead.
cc: Why do you want to use the exerciser? Are you feeling
stiff or cramped? Or what?
s/c : Yeah
cc: Say again
s/c:
cc: That's garbled again, I couldn't read it.
s/c: I say, I just haven't moved around very much and
I'm (word completely cut, not even garbled)
cc: Okay, that makes sense
This is Gemini Control, Houston. We had loss of signal
at Bermuda at 49 hours and 7 minutes into the mission. In
the course of that pass we heard McDivitt discussing with
Capsule Communicator Gus Grissom here that he felt the need
for additional exercise. The flight surgeon urged him to
go ahead and get the additional exercise and to advise us
when and the duration of the exercise. In the course of that
pass at 48 hours and 55 minutes, to be exact, we reached
the mid-point in this flight of Gemini 4. That would have
been some 13 minutes ago. This is Gemini Control.
ENJ.2OF TAPE
Tape 76, page 1
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Say again.
s/c I can*t read you. I think I'll just pass over you.
cc Roger, you are passing over Cape Verde.
s/c Okay, I'll look down and see you. I saw you standing outside
waving.
END OFTAPE
This is Gemini control, 49 hours 45 minutes into the mission. Space-
craft coming up,on the Carnarvon station. It is now about 1500 miles
west of Australia. It has been a very quite pass since the space-
craft left the United States. Very little contact across Africa.
We've been in active conversation with various offices at the Goddard
Space Flight Center and at the North American Defense Command regarding
this sighting of a satellite yesterday. We are fairly well convenced

now that in all probabilty this was Pegasus. The clues would depend
largely on the angle at which the Gemini IV spacecraft approached
Pegasus. Earlier we had indicated Pagasus some 1000 to 1200 miles
away. However, the angle and the speeds of the bodies would make those
closing distances very significant and the concensis is right now that
it probably was Pegasus that Jim McDivitt saw. He advised us this
morning that he would guess that it was somewhere between 10 to 20 miles
from him. They still don't know precisely which direction he was viewing
it from. At 49 hours, 47 minutes into the mission. This is Gemini control.
ENDOFTAPE
into the flight of Gemini 4. We have the following food,
water and sleep summaries available throughout the first

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48 hours of the mission. In the food department the first
24 hours of the flight Jim McDivitt ate two meals for a
total of 904 calories. For the second 24 hours of the flight,
McDivitt also ate two meals and the total calorie intake was
1,222. Meanwhile Ed White on the first day, also had two
meals. His total calorie intake was 1,187 calories. On
the second 24 hours Ed White had 3 meals for a total calorie
intake of 1,868 calories. The pilot, the command pilot, Jim
McDivitt, during the first 34 hours of the mission drank
1300 cc's of water, during the second 24 hours of the mission
he drank 795 cc's of water. The pilot Ed White during the
first 24 hours of the mission drank 1,230 cc's of water and
during the second 24 hours White has drunk 1,260 cc's of
water. In the sleep-work cycle beginning, and we will cover
here only the second 24 hours since we have already covered
the first 24 hours in earlier summaries. For the command

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pilot, Jim McDivitt, he was awake from 25 hours and 20 minutes
into the mission to 34 hours and 21 minutes into the mission.
He went to sleep at 34 hours and 21 minutes into the mission
and he slept until 37 hours and 20 minutes. He was then awake
from 37 hours and 21 minutes until 42 hours and 36 minutes.
There followed a sleep period of more than 3 hours from 42
hours and 36 minutes into the mission, until 45 hours and 48
minutes into the mission, and this was described by McDivitt
as the most restful sleep he has had, so far in the mission.
He woke up at 45 hours and 48 minutes into the mission and
he's still awake. For Ed White during the past 24 hours, he
was awake from 25 hours and 45 minutes until 29 hours and 15
minutes. He went to sleep at that point and slept until 33
hours and 15 minutes into the mission. He was then awake
from 33 hours and 15 .minutes until 39 hours PJX into the mission.
He slept from 39 hours until 41 hours and 23 minutes. He was
awake from 41 hours and 23 minutes until 49 hours and 30
minutes into the mission about 40 minutes ago at which time
he went to sleep reportedly at 49 hours and 30 minutes into
the flight. White is asleep now, with the spacecraft over
the Canton Island station. McDivitt is awake, he sound very
rested based on the word of the Canavron Station, excuse me,
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Canavron surgeon, We have the tape from the Canarvon
pass ready X&XXX to play for you at this time.
s/c: Read you loud and clear.
cc: okay, I've got some update information for you.
s/c: Okay, wait just a second. Okay.
cc: retro. These are F-5 and Apollo landmark
s/c: Okay.
cc: For F-5 to be reved 3218 over the States instead of
rev 33. The pass will start at 17+40 and should make
Apollo landmark run number 4.
cc: Flight, Canarvon.
F: Go ahead
cc: I cut you off because of the echo. The start time
on landmark number 4 is 19+52 and he got close to approach
at 19642. That doesn't jive.
F: Rag, stand by. We're checking it. .
cc : okay
s/c : gulps of water damp and
everything I've had so far.
cc: You look good on the ground here too. Say again about
the water.
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s/c : I've had about 10 or 15 gulps of water since I woke
UP-
cc: Very good. .
s/c: as soon as I get through eating.
cc: Okay, that's all we need. Fading out.

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5 This is Gemini control, Houston. 50 hours and 18 minutes into

the mission. We have just been advised by the Department of
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Defense Recovery Forces here in our recovery center, that the
second stage of the Gemini launch vehicle which put Gemini IV space-
craft in orbit is at this precise time reentering. It is burning

up into the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean. The radars at
Cape Kennedy are tracking it and very shortly we hope to be able
to get you some coordinates on where that reentry would have occurred.
END OF TARE
Mission Commentary Transcripts Tape 80, page 1
This is Gemini control, Houston, 50 hours 46 minutes into the flight.
Spacecraft is - about 3 to 5 minutes ago lost contact with the
Bermuda station-after a state side pass. In the course of that
pass the pilots talked to the cormrmnicator, Grissom, here about
some medical matters, read out medical quantities. They also got
into a discussion about the sleep rest cycle. Jim McDivitt reported
that Ed White had been dozing for the past hour or so but apparently
not sleeping too soundly. He pointed out that they weren't too tired,
but that they were probably ought to take another look at their sleep
cycle at some point during the next revolution. We are prepared to
play that conversation for you now.
Flight Gemini IV, Cap Corn.
Gemini IV, Houston, Cap Corn.
Gemini IV, Houston, Cap Corn.
Gemini IV, Houston, Cap Corn
s/c Roger Houston. Go ahead with your updates.
Flight Roger. That's 40 feet. Did you get the last one I gave you?
s/c Negative. I never got 36 4.
Flight Okay. 36 4. , 40 feet/se= forward. That's 1 plus 06.
120 ft/sec aft. That's 2 plus 31. At 23 PIUS 38 plus 08.
2 plus 48. 8 plus 43.
s/c Roger. Was that 2 plus 48 and 8 plus 431

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Tape 80, page 2
Flight Affirmative. Okay, we'd like to know if you have your
Lsquib battery 1 off.
s/c Roger, we just turned it off.

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Flight Okay, fine. Okay, you have a valid 36-4 in your computer.
You can turn your computer off.
s/c Okay, our computers are off.
Flight Okay, and if you want to - in fact we would like for you
to update all of your type 2 medical passes to type 1. That'11
give you a little more exercise.
s/c Okay, very good. A-j-1 Ly-pe 2’s to type 1.
Flight Okay, and how much has J3d been sleeping the last couple of
hours. Can you give us a clue on that?
s/c Roger. Ed's only got about an hour nap. We are going to
have to rearrange our sleep cycle here a little bit too.
Flight Okay. Have you felt rested with the amount of sleep you've
got or do you think you need some more?
s/c No. I don't think we'll ever get an awful lot of rest out of
it, but on the other hand we're not doing much. We're really
not too tired. I think we'll go through this next pass and
then go back to sleep again.
Flight Okay. 'Ihe other thing is - when you were doing your maneuvering
during the first orbit, did you get that recorded on your
onboard tape?
s/c You mean on my voice onboard tape?
Flight Yes.
Tap 80, page 3
Flight Yes.
n s/c Say again.
Flight Yes. Did you get it recorded on your onboard tape.

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, WC Roger, we got a good bit of it.
Flight Okay, good.

We'd like for you to bring your primary O2 pressure down to
800 now, its up to 9 - we are reading it as 960 down here.
s/c Okay, I've got 950. We'll bring it on down.
Flight Okay.
s/c John, on this - what's on the voice tape recorder is that we
were turning it on and off. So we don't have it all.
Flight Say again. Say again, Jim.
s/c Say again, Houston.
Flight Say again. Hey Jim, this is Gus again. Do you read Houston
still.
s/c I'm not reading you.
END OFTAPE
This is Gemini Control, Houston, 51 hours 13 minutes into
the flight. We've had a quiet pass across the African continent.
At this time the spacecraft is over the Indian Ocean coming up

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on Carnarvan intercept. We have data from Goddard and from the
Department of Defense indicating that the second stage of the
Gemini launch vehicle reenetered the atmosphere at approximately I
11:30 a.m. Central Standard Time over the central Atlantic Ocean.
Our approximate coordinates on that point of reentry right now
are about 33 degrees west by 15 degrees north. That was 33
degrees west - 15 degrees north at 11:30 a.m. Central Standard
Time. This is Gemini Control.

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This is Gemini control Houston. 51 hours 42 minutes into the mission.
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We have no new contacts report since the Australian contact. Mrs. White
and Mrs. McDivitt have joined us here in the control center and 'are
chatting right now with Mission director Cris Kraft. Ed White's bcy
and his girl are also here with us on the floor and there is very
strong suspicion that the two wives will chat with their husbands
during this next pass across the United States. This is Gemini control.
END CF TAPS
This is Gemini Control, Houston, 52 hours and 23 minutes
P into the mission. In the last 15 minutes here in the Control
Center.we broke in two new Capsule Communicators by the names
of Pat McDivitt and Pat White. Pat White opened an exchange
with Pilot Ed White, who happens to be her husband, as the
spacecraft came into contact with Guaymas about 20 minutes
ago. The conversation was not the normal from husband and
wife conversation. It was very businesslike. Ed was advised
to turn switches here and there and he did so without changing
the expression of his voice for some five or ten minutes.
Apparently he knew who was broadcasting on the other end, because
at one point he comes in and he - he came in and he said,that
the Capsule Communicator here was a great improvement over Gus
Grissom with whom he had been talking for about the past seven
hours. Both pilots were advised to drink a lot more water -
this was on the advice of the surgeon - during the coming
revolutions. They were also advised that they should plan for
a good long sleep period. They had been busy working with
their experiments now some eight to ten hours and they are
apparently in for a break from experiments for - oh, the next
twelve to eighteen hours. The surgeon wants to see them get
a good long restful sleep. During the United States pass

Ed White's two children, Bonnie - his daughter Bonnie - and
his son Ed were also here in the Control Center, patched in
at Gus Grissom's console. They listened attentively to the

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conversation. We have the tape of that exchange ready for
YOU and we'll play it now.
cc Gemini 4, Gemini 4, this is Houston Cap Corn. Do you read?
cc Gemini 4, this is Houston Cap Corn, do you read?
cc Guaymas has had LOS.
cc Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn, do you read?
cc Gemini 4, do you read?
WC . . .
WC This is Gemini 4.
cc Your booster reentered over the Cape at 17 29 Zulu, radar's
were tracking and watched break-up on their boresight TV.
S/C Roger. we 1.131~the So<-,s%r reentered and t'ney were being
tracked, and they watched the break-up.
cc Now have a drink of water.
S/C Roger. Standby for a drink of water. You sound pretty
good to me - a big improvement over Gus, I can tell you that.

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cc I'm great.
f s/c Right.
cc This is fabulous.
s/c Roger. The batteries are up and the oxygen supply is good.
cc You sound good. Turn off the quantity read switch.
s/c Roger. The quantity read switch is going off at this time.
cc We separated the spacecraft and the booster on the Gemini 4
cake yesterday. Do you read?
S/C Roger - say that one again.
cc We separated the spacecraft from the booster yesterday -
on the Gemini 4 cake.
S/C Fine - very good. Understand. I got the message.
cc See you next week.
cc Gemini 4.
S/C You're an improvement.
cc Hey, have a drink of water, both of you.
S/C You have the wrong guy up here.
cc No static on that.
S/C Pardon.
cc No static on that.
S/C I'm not allowed to give you static at home, why should I do
it up here?
cc One more - Jim, disconnect your head set communications
at the neck ring from now on at the start of your sleep period.
No static on that. .
WC . . the flight plan.
cc Chris says that's what he wants you to do.
s/c You still got . . .
cc Do you read me?
WC . . . I just started to.
cc .We're reading you weakly.
cc Do you read, Jim?
WC I cannot - repeat.
cc Did you get the message on disconnect your head set?
WC Yes, I did.
cc You going to drink some water?
WC Yes, I will.
cc And your left eye is looking good.
s/c What was that?
cc Your left eye's looking good.
s/c How do you know my left eye's good?
cc I said your left eye's looking good.
S/C oh. ok.

cc And be good.
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S/C How are you? How are you and the children making out?
r cc We're fine. How about you?
s/c . . . \
cc SPADATS on at 34 over - 34 rev over Antigua. ES switch
from 19 20 - on to 19 35 off. Do you read me, Jim?
s/c . . .
WC Roger, I do. Go ahead.
cc SPADATS on 34 rev over Antigua - ES switch on 19 20, off
\ 19 35. Do you read me?
S/C On at 19 20 and off at 19 35, is that right?
cc Affirmative.
Flight: Should be on now.
cc Gemini 4, Cap Corn.
s/c Hello, Cap Corn. Come in.
cc Your ES switch should be on now..
S/C What switch should be on now?
cc The ES switch - the ES for the ES sensor.
s/c ES sensor - roger. Roger, it's on. You want it off at
19 35?
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cc Affirmative.
S/C Ok.
cc Hey, Jim.
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s/c Rog, Gus.
cc Look, we don't have very much for you to do in the flight
plan for the next 18 hours. So we'd like for both of you to
get a good long sleep. And we want whoever is sleeping to
unplug their headset so you get a good solid sound sleep. Ok?
S/C Ok . . . I might . . . . . but I can do it.
cc We,think you'll sleep better. Have you made up your minds
who is going to go to sleep first?
s/c Roger. This is Gemini 4.
cc Roger. Did you get all the information on sleeping - or
resting for the next 18 hours?
S/C Why, negative. I didn't get it all but I said - we're planning
on.... experiment here. And then Ed's going to sleep for
about 5 or 6 hours and I will. And we'll unplug our helmets.
cc Very good.
S/C ok?
cc Rog.
cc Drink some water.
s/c I must sound

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like I'm a little hoarse.
cc What?
WC Do I sound hoarse?
cc I still can't hear you.
s/c . . hoarse?
cc Yes, you do sound hoarse. So drink some water.
Flight: The medics don't feel like you've drunk - either one
been drinking enough water, Jim.
S/C Ok. We'll drink some more. I was a little dry the first
day, Chris, but I'm ok now. We'll just drink some more.
cc Roger.
End of Tape.
This is Gemini control Houston, 52 hours and 39 minutes into the
mission. Spacecraft now over the southeast coast of Africa, preceeding
on the 34th revolution of the earth. We have information from our
Department of Defense Recovery Forces that a U.S. Navy search and
rescue plane called an ~~-16 has been forced to land at about 85 miles
east of the Cape - east of the coast of North Carolina a point design-
ated Point Lookout. The airplane is down and a Navy ship the
USS Hoist which participated in the launch day activities involving
the Gemini IV launch is on scene and is rendering whatever assistance

it can. We have no information on any injuries. Apparently there
are none. We are advised that the airplane is able to taxi on the
water. However, this is very preliminary information. This is Gemini
Control.
ENDOFTAPE
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape85, page 1
This is Gemini control Houston. We have received additional information
on the ~~-16 aircraft downed off the coast of North Carolina. There
are 14 people reported aboard this aircraft. It is a two engine
aircraft used as a search and rescue plane. It was not in any way
involved in the Gemini IV mission. We do not know from which field
it left. However, the situation is - there is approximately 1 foot
of water in the bilge of the aircraft. However, the captain has been
successful in starting both the engines. The airplane is reportedly
taxing on the water. It's an amphibious aircraft. It's reportedly
taxiing toward the coast and standing by is a navy ship the USS Hoist
which was involved in the launch day activities of Gemini IV. This
is Gemini control.
End of tape
This is Gemini control Houston. The ~~-16 in trouble off the coast
of Carolina was, on a flight out of NAS-Norfolk, bound for Bermuda.
We have no additional information available at this time and was last

reported taxiing back toward the coast. Meanwhile overnight the cable
ships working down off San Salvador have successfully repaired the
break in the cable reported prior to flight. The cable was put
back in its place and on the last pass moved excellent data. Repeat
the cable break off San Salvador has been repaired and the cable is
now functioning very well again. The orbital elements for Gemini IV
are currently 101 statue miles peragee, 107 statue miles apogee.
Ghis is C-emini control.
END OF TAPE
This is Gemini control Houston, 53 hours 39 minutes into the.mission,

with the spacecraft going down over Central America, headed down
toward South America for a pass across Brazil. We have been in
contact since the California station, 3 to 5 minutes ago. Its been
minimunal talking kind of contact. The spacecraft is right on the
outer edge of the communications range. We have essentially no new
flight information to report but for one fact - Ed White reportedly
will go to sleep and hopefully for a long sleep, 6 to 8 hours duration,

in about.30 minutes from now. Meanwhile in the Atlantic off the coast
of North Carolina, we have just been advised that the HU-16 amphibian
aircraft out of NAS Norfolk is now in tow by the USS Hoist. I-b's
being towed back to the Carolina coast. We are told that 10 of the
14 people onboard the aircraft have been transferred to the Hoist.
Apparently there were no injuries. We are also advised that a life
raft inflated prematerially in flight and forced the airplane to set
down on the water off the Carolina coast. It's position 80 miles east
of Cape Lookout. @he four crewmen are remaining in the amphibious
aircraft as it is being towed back to the coast. We have the tape -
I'm sorry we do not have it racked up as yet. This is Gemini control.
ENDOFTAPE
This is Gemini Control, Houston, 53 hours, 52 minutes
into the mission. The spacecraft starting - it is presently
over Brazil on its 35th revolution around the earth. We have

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now the tape racked up from the recent pass down the west
coast of Mexico and Central America. We're prepared to play
it for you at this time.
CC Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn.
WC Go ahead, Houston, Gemini 4.
CC Rog, Jim. We'd like to get a readout on your OAMS source
pressure and temperature and your quantity gage.
s/c The OAMS source temperature is 60 degrees and the pressure
is a little below 2000.
cc Roger. What about the quantity?
S/C The quantity is reading about 60 and a half percent.
cc Roger. When are one of you guys going to go to sleep?
s/c . ..
cc Say again.
WC Probably about --
cc Hey, you're cutting out.
cc Hey, Gemini 4, hold your switch down a little bit longer -
you're cutting out.
S/C Rog --
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cc We're only getting your first word, Jim.
s/c That ok?
cc Well, I can't say that's ok.
S/C Ok?
CC Ok. That came through good. Have you really decided who's
going to go to sleep first?
S/C Yes, Ed is.
cc Ed is? Ok. And about when will he go to sleep?
S/C In about another thirty minutes.
CC Ok. That's fine.
cc Jim, did you see that tropical storm off California?
S/C Yes, I did.
cc It's a full-blown tropical storm, they tell me now.
S/C Carrying a lot of clouds. . . over.
cc You're logging . . . are you?
s/c' California . .
cc You're cutting out again.
S/C Ok. It must be the mike button. I said . . . . to about
a third of the way between Hawaii and California. . . . .
cc You say clouds ran about a third of the way from Hawaii
to California and then what was that last?

WC The stopped abruptly at the coast line.
cc Roger. That's stopped abruptly.
cc Hey, Jim, would you press on your sternal sensors again,
please.
S/C Does that help any?
cc Yeah, that looks better. You're still alive.
s/c Roger.
cc Hey, Jim.
S/C Yeah?
cc Chris just told joke A.
s/c That one's a real dilly, isn't it? I thought it was going
to be White who was going to tell joke A.
cc Guaymas has LOS.
s/c . . .
cc We'll go ahead with B when you can stand it.
End of Tape.
This is Gemini control. Here in the mission control center Houston,
we are in the midst of a shift change. Mission Director Chris Kraft

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and red team of flight controllers are going off duty. And the white
team headed by Flight Director Gene Kranz is moving into the consoles.
A check with the flight surgeon on the crew physical conditions,
revealed that both men are really doing fine. He has advised us that
the crew activities be at a minimum for the next 18 hours so that they
can get additional sleep, which he feels they need at this time.
Spacecraft Gemini IV is now over the southern tip of Africa on its
35th revolution of the earth. The time elapsed since takeoff 54 hours
and 9 minutes. This is Gemini control.
END OF TAPE
This is Gemini Control. We are now 54 hours and 39
minutes into the flight of Gemini 4. The spacecraft is now
over the Pacific Ocean on its 35th revolution over the earth,
and is moving to the range of the Coastal Sentry Quebec
tracking ship in the Pacific. We have had no voice communication
with the flight crew for at least 45 minutes. However, the
Coastal Sentry Quebec is expected to make a voice contact
with Gemini 4 to check the onboard systems and, if all is
normal, we'll give spacecraft commander Jim McDivitt a Go
for 48 revolutions. Flight Director Eugene Kranz has advised
the Coastal Sentry Quebec that everything here in the Mission
Control Center at Houston is in a Go condition for the 48
revolutions. This is Gemini Control.
End of Tape.
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Mission.'Commenta'ry Transcript Tape 91, Page 1
This' is-Gemini Control,. We are now 55 -hoursand 40
minutes into the mission. Spacecraft Gemini 4 is on its 36th

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revolution around the earth and is coming up on the west coast
of Africa on the night side. Voice',contact was mad.e with the
flight crew by the tracking ship, Coastal Sentry Quebec, and
the 'HawaiYan-,tracking station in, the Pacific, also by the
Guaymas station, Mexico. At that timei spacecraft commander.
Jim McDivitt reported his spacecraft was in a Go condition.
.After“a systems‘check the tracking ship Coastal Sentry Quebec
gave-McDivitt2i go for 48 revolutions,: .The- Coastal Sentry
Quebic also updated the spacecraft.with times for various
landing areas. Over Hawaii McDivitt reported that his space-
craft companion, Pilot Ed White;-is. asleep and that the space-
craft had been powered down. As a result, Flight Director
Gene Kranz ordered that voice communications with the ground
stations be held.down to .a minimum. Over .Guaymas McDivitt
advised he had his helmet off. The ground station updated his
map and then broke off $the-contact;-'We.will now play back
the'voice tapes as .one-unit made of.the :contacts with the
Coastal Sentry- Quebec and the Hawaiian ;and Guaymas, Mexico,
tracking stations.
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cc Gemini 4, CSQ. Would you check your main batteries and
give us a Go or No-go on
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WC Roger.
Flight: CSQ Cap Corn, HoustonFlight.
cc Go ahead, Flight.
Flight,: Roger. You can advise the pilot to scrub his medical
data pa,ss;over your ,site.on the next rev.
cc \ -Roger,. .: :
Flight: That's the one over Hawaii on the next rev - excuse me.
cc Gemini '4, be advised that the pilot can scrub his aeromed
data pass .over ,Hawa,i.i the next rev.
s/c Next rev - roger..
cc Rog.er -.what is your status for Go-no-go 483
S/C Go-no-go 48?
CC Roger.
WC I'm just checking,out on the batteries now.
cc Roger.
cc Be advised you can turn your computer and quantity read
switch off. I've just updated your,computer with a new 36-4
low. I have your backup guidance.quantities when you're
prepared to tell me.

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s/c Roger. Stand by just a moment. Want me to forward the

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battery data?
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cc Go ahead.
WC Roger. The adapter batteries are now . . . staying at 24.
The main batteries are . . I say again, the adapter batteries
are 2 to.2-l/2 at 24. The main batteries are 9 and 22-l/2.
cc Roger. Are you prepared to copy your 36-4 backup guidance
quantities.
s/c CSQ, Gemini 4.
cc Roger. We're Go here. I'm going to change your TR to
a 48-l.
S/C Roger.
s/c Sentry what's your . . .
cc Roger. Area 36-4. -Forward, 40 - aft 120. 1 plus 06,
2 plus 31, 23 hours 38 08. 2 plus 40, 8 plus 44. 36-4 without
maneuver, GMT RC 23 31 59, 7 plus 30, 14 plus 42.
WC Roger. I received 36-4 with and without OAMS.
cc Roger. GMT RC for your 48-1 is 3 days 17 hours 20 minutes
18 seconds.
s/c Roger. Can you give me a GMT time hack, please.
cc Roger: On my mark it will be 22 hours 07 minutes, about a
minute. We still have indications that your AC power is on.

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WC Roger. We're going to get it here.
cc Be advised also that we have some D-9 - Delta-9 - experiment
data for you.
WC Roger. At that time, tell me what time it is.
cc- We're going to have L&, I believe. I'll let Hawaii give you
a. GMT time hack. I think we'll have LOS before you can copy.
S/C No, keep giving me the'hack.
CC Ok. About 10 seconds. 3, 2, 1, mark. 22 hours 07 00.
s/c I got the mark.
cc Ok. D-9 - are you prepared to copy?
cc Gemini 4, CSQ. We have had . . . LOS. I'll advise Hawaii
to send you the Delta 9 experiment data.
S/C Hello, Hawaii, Gemini 4 - loud and clear.
cc Roger. I have your D-9 information. Are you ready to copy?
s/c Roger. Go ahead.
cc Run 2 - start 22 43 00, end 23 22 00. Used scheduled
filter settings. Did you copy?
s/c I copied the times - 22 43 and 23 22 - what was the experiment?
cc This is D-9, run 2. Use scheduled filter settings. Did you
copy? Over.
S/C Yes. Got them down but the pilot's going to be asleep.
cc Gemini 4, Guaymas Cap Corn.
S/C Guaymas, this is Gemini 4. Go ahead.

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cc Roger.‘ I've got you green on the ground here. I've got
a map update for you. Ready to copy?
s/c Guaymas, Gemini 4. Be advised I've got my helmet off and
I can't raise you.
cc Roger( roger. .Flight, did you get that?
S/C Do you have anything important to tell me?
cc I--just wanted to give you a map update.
Flight: Say negative.
cc Negative.
S/C Ok. Standby one and let me get a pencil. I can still hear
through the head tube. Just a minute.
cc He's a tiger, Flight.
Flight: Ok.
S/C Ok. Ready with your map update.
cc Roger. Rev 36, ascending node, the time 23 plus 18, longitude
82 degrees east.
S/C ok. Understand that was rev 36.
s/c I'm good for 23 18 - and . . . 82 east?
cc 82 east.
S/C I got 82 east. Thank you.
cc Roger. We'll see you tomorrow.

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S/C Okeydoke. Then 1'11 have my hat on and I can hear what
you're saying.
cc Roger.
cc Houston Flight, Guaymas Cap Corn.
Flight: Roger, Guaymas. How does he look from there?
cc He looks real .fine.
Flight: I thought you were going to have fits there. You're
right - vou have got a tiger here.
cc Say again.
Flight: You have got a tiger here.
cc We've got a couple of them up there.
End of Tape.
This is Gemini control. The Gemini IV spacecraft has just passed
over Vietnam. The ground elapsed time is 56 hours 8 minutes.
And the spacecraft is on its 36th revolution of the earth. There has
been no voice communication with the flight crew since our last tape
relay from the Pacific area. Voice communication has been reduced
so the flight crew can get a maximum of rest. Pilot Ed White is
asleep. Spacecraft commander, Jim McDivitt, is preparing to do some
photography according to our flight plan. At present the orbital data
is approximately 173 statute miles apogee and 101 statute miles perigee.
The spacecraft is powered down and is in drifting flight. Here in
the mission control center activity is also in a low key. This is
Gemini control.
END OF TAPE
This is CeminixControl. It is now 56 hours and 39 minutes since
the start of the Gemini IV flight. The spacecraft is on its 36 revolu-

tion of the earth and is nm over the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and
the United States. The spacecraft passes over the Coastal Sentry
Quebec tracking station and over the Hawaiian station were both
passive. The tracking stations confined their activity to telemetry
reading of spacecraft and flight crew environmental systems, and in
receiving of automatic telemetry data from the spacecraft. The
Hawaii Flight Surgeon reported that Pilot Ed White is asleep and that
spacecraft Commander Jim McDivit is very quite and possibly also
asleep. Hawaii also reported that all the spacecrafts systems look
very good from the ground. This is Gemini Control.


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mission of Gemini IV. The spacecraft recently started its 37th revolu-
tion around the earth and is now over the South Atlantic. It has been
about one and one-half hours since we last had voice communications
with the flight crew. When the spacecraft passed over the Rose Knot
Victor, our tracking ship off the East Coast of Peru, Pilot Ed White
was still asleep and spacecraft Commander James McDivit appeared to
be moving around slightly. In approximately 1 hour, our Gemini IV
flight crew will have rolled up a cumulative total of space flight
time equal to that achieved in all previous American Space Flights.

the mission, and we have had no voice contact with the spacecraft for
about 2 hours. Gemini IV is now over the Hay of Banghor, India, and
it is in its 37th revolution over the earth. We have a late report
on the aircraft, the HUIL~amphibian aircraft that was involved in a
mishap earlier this morning, at approximately 85 miles east of Point
Lookout, North Carolina. At the present time it is in tow of the
USS Hoist, a Navy salvage vessel, and it is now approximately 40 miles
off of Cape Patterous making for Norfolk. All the passengers have been
transfered to the U.S.S. Hoist, and there are 4 crew members still
aboard the aircraft and it looks as though they will be successful
in reaching shore very shortly. This is Gemini Control.

This is Gemini Control. Spacecraft Gemini IV is now over the
Pacific Ocean on its 37 revolution around the earth. At this time,

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our flight crew has spent 58 hours and 10 minutes in weightless
flight, which is a greater amount of time than the total spent in
space by all other American astronauts combined. That total was
58 hours 9 minutes and 25 seconds achieved in the Project Mercury
flights of Alan Shepherd, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter,
Walter Schirra, Gordon Cooper, and the Gemini III flight made by
Gus Grissom and John Young just a little over 2 months ago. And,
as the spacecraft was passing Hawaii just a moment or two ago,
we had our first voice contact with the flight crew in more than
2 hours. Spacecraft Commander Jim McDivit sounded a little sleepy,
but he did respond. He was advised that in about 15 minutes the
Pegasus Satellite will be in the area of the spacecraft at a slant

range of about 300 nautical miles and we can assume that they will
try to get a sighting. This is Gemini Control.

Mission-Commentary Transcript Tape 97, Page 1
: This is -Gemini Control. We now have the voice tape of
the communication by voice between the Hawaiian tracking station

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and the spacecraft and will,,play it for you now.
cc You look good here on the ground, Gemini 4.
s/c
. Roger. There's nothing going on up here now!
cc Roger, roger. Did you copy,.Flight?
Flight: Roger. Did he talk'to you,or did you talk to him?
cc He talked to me, Flight.
Flight: Roger. If you've.got a valid 48-l load, why don't you
get it in now?
cc Roger, I-do. Gem&i-d,.Hawaiian Cap Corn.
S/C Go ahead:, .i '... =. : ..
cc Roger. I have a valid 48~1 load for you, if you'll turn
on your computer.
S/C ,$ .have, H$waii.: . . __ . ..
Flight: Hawaii Cap Corn, Houston Flight.
CC . . . Houston <Flight,,. Hawaii, go.. -
Flight,: Roger., We got some-pointing angle information for
him if .he feels like.it. At 01 hours 39 minutes Zulu, they'll
be near Pega.sus. His yaw. should. be,zero; he should be pitched up
approximately 60 degrees. s:. ' _.
s/c . . .
Flight: Stand by.

cc Roger. We have your loads. Here it comes& You have a
valid 48-l load.
S/c ok. I just can't seem to get.it right.
cc Did I copy you did?
S/C Negative,' I did .not.
cc .You did not get a'DCS light?
Flight: Roger,- Get your TR up, Stu.
cc We don't ----
Flight: ' Hawaii Cap Corn, Houston Flight.
cc , Go ahead, Flight.
Flight: Roger. Do'you have a 48-1 TR in your VOX.
cc Negative. I have the other VOX set in at CSQ.
Flight: Ok. We'll pick it-up next rev.
cc Roger.
Flight: Ok. On the Pegasus thing - are you ready to copy?
cc Roger. Go ahead.
Flight: ok, I gave you the time - 01 39 Zulu - yaw zero degrees,
pitch-up, approximately 60.~ It will be slightly to the right.
He should be heads up. His slant range will be approximately
300 nautical miles. Did you get that, Hawaii Cap Corn?
cc Roger. We'll relay it to him now.
Flight: Roger.
cc Gemini 4, Hawaii Cap Corn.
cc "Gemini'4;..Hawaii -Cap 'Corn.

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s/c Hawaii, Gemini 4, I can't read you. "
cc Roger :* ' -If 'you -can read; turn your computer off.
s/c Roger. I don't think . . .- DCS . '. .computer on'.
cc Roger. Flight, Hawaii.

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Flight:;. .Go,‘:Hawaii. '. -_ .. -'
cc He's not able to copy me. Be advised he didn't get a DCS
light ON in the spacecraft. I did get an indication of
a valid Gemini load on the ground. He turned his computer
off.
Flight: Ok. Give him that information in the blind, there.
stu - on Pegasus.
cc Roger. Gemini 4, this is Hawaii transmitting in the blind.
We have information on your Pegasus time. 01 39 00. Yaw - 0
degrees. Pitch-up - 60 degrees. Slightly to.your right, heads
UP* 300 nautical miles. I repeat again, in the blind. Hawaii
transmitting. 01 39 00 - Pegasus. Yaw - 0, Pitch up - 60
degrees, slightly to your right. Heads up. 300 nautical miles.
Flight: Ok. That's enough, Stu.
cc Flight, Hawaii. We did get the full dump. We got the
Gemini load in. I did not transmit the 48-l. I didn't have
the new one set in, Flight.

Flight: Roger.
cc Spacecraft reported that he did not get a DCS upload--

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Flight: Flight, roger.
cc light, but I did have a valid indication on the ground.
I got MAP back for all the words.
Flight: Ok.
cc Spacecraft advised that he thought he didn't get the load
in.
Flight: Ok.
End of Tape
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mission and the Gemini IV spacecraft is just passing by the South
American continent. Our next voice communications with the space-
craft will be in about 45 minutes. At that time, we will transmit
the voice contact in realtime. Gemini IV is on its 38th revolution
about the earth. As it passed by the Rose Knot Victor, our tracking
ship, a few minutes ago, that ship reported that from the ground all
systems looked good. It appeared that from the data they were re-
ceiving that the Pilot was still sleeping soundly and the Command
Pilot is at rest. This is Gemini Control.
ERDOFTAPE
This is Gemini Control. The Gemini IV spacecraft has now been
in flight for 59 hours and 9 minutes. It is now passing over India.
Since leaving the South American continent, its path on this 38th.rev-
olution has been out of range of our tracking stations. It will remain
out of range for approximately 17 more minutes. When it will cross the
tracking range of the Coastal Sentry Quebec, a ship located in the
Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan, we plan to transmit in real time the
voice communication between the spacecraft and that tracking ship.
END OF TAPE
This is Gemini Control. The Gemini spacecraft is now 59
hours and 43 minutes into its flight. At the present time,
it is over the Pacific Ocean on its revolution path that will
take it down around the southern coast of South America --
the southern tip of South America. During our last voice communi-
cation with the spacecraft which took place over Hawaii, we
noted that the spacecraft commander, James McDivitt, reported
that he had seen another satellite. He gave us a time hack
on this sighting and said it was at 02 hours and 38 minutes GMT.
That would place the sighting at approximately 15 minutes before
our voice transmission started with the Hawaiian Tracking Station.
We have had no further contact with the spacecraft since that
time, and the Spacecraft Commander James McDivitt did not
elaborate further on his sighting. We expect that we may get some
additional description from him at one of the later tracking
passes, but at this time we have no additional word on it; and
we will give you anything that we do get. At the present time
when the spacecraft crosses the South American continent, it
will be again on the night side of the world. This is Gemini
Control.
End of tape
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Mission Commentary.Tape Tape 101, Page 1
This is Gemini Control. The Gemini IV spacecraft is now in range
of the Coastal Sentry Quebec ship southeast of Japan in the Pacific
Ocean. We will now transmit live the voice.communication between
the CSQ and our Gemini IV flight crew./'
CSQ . . . CIA and CLAP station. Area 40-3. This is a split burn.
56 forward, 10 aft, l+34, 2+30, 05 38 10, 2+56, 8+52. Area 41a,

83, 1+41, 06 30 09, 8+58; 15+01, tiea 42-2; 90, 1+52, 08 06'26,
6+52, 11+59. How's it going?
S/C It's not going very good. Your 41A. . .
CSQ Let me go back And pick up 4lA. IV 83,'1+41, 06 30 09, 8+58,
15+01. Getting it that time.
S/C No, you burned out again on that one, cut-off.
CSQ Roger, I'll say again. 4m - 83, 1~41, 06 30 09, 8+58, 15+ol.
Go ahead.
CSQ You can turn your computer off.
CSQ Gemini IV, CSQ. You can turn your computer off..
S/C Roger
CSQ Did you get the 4lA.
CSQ Houston Flight, CSQ.
cc Go CSQ.
CSQ Okay. We got the TR and Gemini load in. He did have a DCS flight
this time. 1 got down through area 42-2, had to read back 4lA
twice. Never did get confirmation from him. I ask him to turn
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Mission Commentary Tape Tape 101, Page 2
his computer off at near LOS. I didn't confirm.
cc Okay, we'll pick him up at RKV.
CSQ Roger. Also, he reported sighting another satellite at about

02 hours 38 minutes. It was quite a bit further away than the
first one.
cc Okay.
CSQ He took a shot with his camera. He doesn't know how good it
will be.
cc Roger.
CSQ We also advised him of his medical pass and tape dump at RKV.
cc Roger.
CSQ All systems are go on the ground.
cc Roger.
CSQ Goddard Voice CSQ.

cc CSQ, Cap Corn Houston Flight.
CSQ Go ahead
cc RKV, Cap Corn Houston Flight.
END OF TAPE
Mission Cormnentary Transcript Tape 102, Page 1
4 day flight mission of Gemini IV. The spacecraft is now over South
America on the night side of the world in its 39th revolution. Our
last voice communication took place between the Rose Knot Victor
tracking ship off the west coast of Peru and the spacecraft. At that
time Pilot Ed White made a type I medical data transmission including

use of the exerciser. There was no further discussion with the crew
concerning the reported sighting of a second satellite. By the time
the medical pass was made we had loss of signal and there was no time
for a discussion of anything beyond the medical data pass. The space-
craft will now swing up over Africa and then back towards the United
States on its pass around the other side of the world. Our next
communication will be with the Coastal Sentry Quebec in the Pacific
Ocean. This is Gemini Control.
flight of Gemini IV. The' spacecraft is now in its 39th revolution
of the earth and is over Iran better known in history perhaps as
Persia. Our last voice contact with the flight crew was over the
Kano Nigeria tracking station a few minutes ago. We will now play
the tape of the voice communication made at that time.

cc Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn. Over.
s/c I . , . , , , .
cc Gemini IV, this is Houston. We are not reading. Houston in
blind. Pilot be ready for the medical data type I at CSQ.
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Acquisition time 04 16. I say again. Medical data type I for

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Pilot at CSQ. Acquisition time & i6. Houston over.
s/c Houston, this is Gemini IV, got the message.
cc Ah, roger. Read you loud and clear that time.
s/c Roger, reading you loud and clear also.
cc Good, did you read me at Ascension.
WC I heard so very faintly, but evidently you couldn't read me, I
<know I couldn't get anything you said. Be advised that the
Command Pilot is going down down to sleep and will sleep for
the next four or six hours.
cc I understand. Command Pilot is asleep and should be asleep for
the next 4 to 6 hours. Very good.
cc Be ready to give the food and water report for both of you
over the CSQ if you have time.
s/c Roger, will do.

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EDDOF'IWE
This is Gemini Control at 61. hours and 9 minutes into the 4 day
flight mission
of spacecraft Gemini IV. The spacecraft is now passing
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over Canton Island in the Pacific Ocean on its 39th revolution around
the world. Pilot Dd White gave a type I medical pass to the Coastal
Sentry Quebec tracking ship just a few minutes ago. This included
oral temperature, blood pressure checks, before and after exercise.
He said the Command Pilot, Jim McDivitt, is asleep. White also re-
ported he was about to eat a meal. This would be meal one on the
third menu and that he had taken about 9 swallows of water since his
last report. He also said that McDivitt had already eaten the first
meal of the third day menu and had taken about 20 swallows of water.
We will now play back the tape of that conversation. This is Gemini
Control.
cc Gemini, this is Surgeon. We have a valid blood pressure. Start
the exercise on your Mark.
s/c Mark.
cc Gemini, this is Surgeon. Can I speak to the Command Pilot please?
FLT. Negative on talking to the Command Pilot. I believe he is asleep.
s/c Be advised the Command Pilot is asleep.
lmr. Cormnand Pilot is asleep. Roger.
cc Roger Flight, he is asleep.
FLT. Roger
CC Roger, we’ve got a f’ull scale on your blood pressure.
FLT. CSQ, Cap Com Houston Plight
CSQ Go ahead Flight.

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FLT. Roger, after

you get the food and water report on the Pilot
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you can ask him: ask the Pilot if he knows what the Command
Pilot's report was. They were both awake at that time.

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CSQ Roger, will do Fliet.
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cc Gemini; this is Surgeon. Your blood pressure is valid: Can
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s/c Roger. Coming is report on the Pilot. 'Ihe last meal the
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Pilot had was the second‘day.the fourth meal. I've had
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third day had the number 1 meal,'. and ~ ' the.- defecation
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ready to eat the meal 3. That is the report at the present
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cc Roger. Stand by.
FLT. Give him his PL/J and CLA-st& Chuck.'
cc Roger. This completes the data pass'over to the Cap Corn.
CSQ Gemini, CSQ Cap C&IL Shut your quantity read switch off.
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cc Roger, I'm prepared to copy CIb.
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cc We won't have time to-go through the entire list. I want
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to give you a one Cti. The next one coming up.
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FLT. Roger.
cc Okay. CIA 4on, 841+47, 04 57 16, 10:07.
cc Did you copy Gemini.
CSQ Gemini, CSQ. Did you copy 4On?
FLT. Houston Flight, CSQ. We've run out of time.
END OF TAPE
Mission Commentary 'franscript Tape 104, Page 1
This is Gemini Control at 61. hours and 40 minutes into the
four-day flight of Gemini IV. The spacecraft is nuw on its 39th
revolution of the earth and is presently over the South American

continent. In voice c ommunication with the Rose Knot Victor, our
tracking ship off the western coast of Peru, Pilot Ed White received
updated information for various landing areas. Spacecraft Commander

Jim McDivitt is still asleep. 'Ihere was no additional conservation
during this pass. This is Gemini Control. The spacecraft has just
started its 40th revolution rather than the 39th. This is Gemini
Control.
END OF TAPE:
This is *mini Control. We will now transmit a tape recording
of the voice transmission between Gemini IV spacecraft and the Rose
Knot Victor, our tracking ship in the Pacific, just a few minutes ago.
Gemini IV, Gemini IV, RKV Cap Corn.
s/c Go ahead RKV, Gemini IV.
Roger, how do you read me on this pass.
s/c Read you loud and clear.
Roger. Be advised that you are requested to make an HP check
at Ascension during this pass. The time of that HF check will
be 05 hours 15 minutes. You will turn your transmitter on at
our LOS and .make a short check and then make the final check
at Ascension.
s/c Roger. -HF check at 05 15 at Ascension. Turn on HF at LOS
and make short check and make final check at . . .
That's affirmative.
Did you get 4.m tailing update.
s/c 4OA update, that's 84, l.7, 04 51 16, 10 27.
Roger. I have a 41 for you.
FLT. RKV Systems, Houston Flight

Roger. It's a split AV - 46 . . .
FLT Houston Flight, this is RKV.
RKV Roger.
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FLT. That HF check time at Ascension should be 05 OP.

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FLT Roger.
sp;lit av 46 12-o; 1~18, 2+20, 07 20 21, 7+50.

Roger, you faded out on that GMTRC. Could you repeat please.
GMTRC, 07 20 21.
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Roger. 07 hr' 20 tiriutes;'21 sec!onds.
Roger,'1 got it 07 20 21 7+50.
Roger. 42 Bravo; split AV. .40 120, 1+07, -30, 08 50 48,
&-j6;' 4j.'&avo., split'&. .47-l&, ~45; 2+30,~10 22 59,

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s/c RogeY; got 4j'Bravo, but did not. get the,-one before, did not
get any . . .
RKV Roger. ‘I'll say.again. .42 Bravo,' 'split AV. 40 by 120,
1+07, 2+30, 08'50 48, 8+36. ' .

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Ah, roger, keep
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ENDOFTAPE
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 106, Page I
This is Gemini Control. At 62 hours and 9 minutes into the
four-day mission.\ The spacecraft is now over the Red Sea Area.
Just a few minutes ago, we had a remote voice conservation between
Roger Chappe, our spacecraft cormrmnicator here in the Mission Control
Center and Pilot Ed White. This was through the Kano Nigeria tracking
station. Astronaut Chappe gave astronaut White a start time for
another sextant navigation experiment. We will now play back this

taped conservation.
s/c Come in Houston, Gemini 4

cc Gemini 4 reading you loud and clear at Kano. I have a
\ D-9 update for you.
s/c All right, go ahead.
cc Roger. It's revolution 41. The start time is 06 01 44.
s/c Roger. Confirm the revolution 41, 06 01 44 D-9 and what
not.
cc Say again your last.
s/c Roger, I got that, rev 41, 06 01 44, and D-9, and what is
the D-9 you want us to perform.

cc Roger, stand by one.
cc Gemini IV, this is Houston. That's the sextant D-9, rev. 41.
Over.
s/c I..,
cc Gemini IV, this is Houston Cap Corn. That's D-9, run number 2,
run number 2, over.

cc Gemini IV, this is Houston, I say again, run number 2, run

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number 2.
s/c Roger, I understand, run number 2.
cc Roger, that's all.
* s/c D-9, we also use fuel on that one?

cc That's affirmative, use. fuel.
ENDOFTAPE
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This is Gemini Control. Sixty-two hours 39 minutes after lift-
off. Gemini IV spacecraft is now over the Central Pacific just northeast
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ef the Solomon Islands. There will be a brief 4 minute period in which
this Canton Island Voice Remoting system will be within radio range of
the spacecraft but it is unlikely that contact will be made. Later in
this 40th revolution, some 26 minutes from now, there will be a 7 minute
pass over the tracking ship, Rose Knot Victor stationed about 900 miles
off the West Coast of South America. This is Gemini Control.
END OF TAPE
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 108, Page I
This is Gemini Control. Sixty-three hours 39 minutes after lift-
off. The Gemini IV spacecraft is now approaching the Nile River Delta
and will over Alexander Egypt within a minute. The spacecraft will
not pass over another tracking station until an hour from now when
it will pass almost directly over the tracking ship Rose Knot Victor.
During the pass over the Kano Nigeria voice remoting station six
minutes ago, spacecraft communicator Gene Cernan here in Mission
Control passed up to Gemini IV updates on orbital tracks and flight
plan activities. This is Gemini Control.
ENDOFTAPE
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This is Gemini Control. Sixty-four hours and 9 minutes after
lift-off. Gemini-IV spacecraft is now passing along the north
coast of New Guina. The spacecraft will be in contact with the
tracking ship Rose Knot Victor in a half hour. This is Gemini
Control.
END OF TAPE.
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Mission Commentary Tape Tape 110, Page 1
This is Gemini Control. Gemini IV spacecraft, now in telemetry and
voice contact with the tracking ship Rose Knot Victor for a pass which
will last 8 minutes. The RKV's spacecraft communicator updated Apollo
landmark experiment information to the Gemini IV crew.

We had a bit of levity here in Mission Control a few minutes ago
when Blue Team Operations and Procedures Officer, Jim Tumberland, called
the control room to say, "If you need me, I'll be at such and such
extension." "Where's that," was the reply. "In the front elevator -
stuck. " Jim is now back at his console. This is Gemini Control 64 hours
39 minutes after lift-off.
END OF TAPE
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape Ill, Page 1
This is Gemini Control at 65 hours and 9 minutes after lift-off.

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The Gemini IV spacecraft is now crossing the North African Coast just
east of Tripoli. During the pass just ended over the Canary Islands
Tracking Station, a type I medical data check was run on the Pilot and
White. Oral temperature and blood pressure measurements were first
telemetered to the Canary Station followed by a TO-second period of
exercise with the bungee device. White then repeated the blood pres-
sure measurement after exercising. He also reported his food and water
usage and that he had had a good 4 hours sleep. Command Pilot Jim
McDivitt is asleep at this time. This is Gemini Control.
END OF TAPE
This is Gemini Control at 65 hours, 39 minutes after
liftoff. Gemini 4 spacecraft is now passing over the Indonesian
Island group and will cross the Australian coast in two minutes
just north of Darwin. Tracking data from the Canary Islands
pass, early in this revolution, indicates the Gemini 4 orbit I
now has a perigee of 100.8 statute miles and an apogee of
165.7 statute miles. The people of Melbourne, Australia,
a city of 2,000,000, will turn on all their lights when
Gemini 4 passes near Melbourne in the forty-fourth revolution. .
End of tape
This is Gemini Control 66 hours and 9 minutes after lift-off. The
Gemini Spacecraft is now over the mid-Pacific coming up on a brief pass

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by the tracking ship, Rose Knot Victor. The RKV will be within radio
range for only 4 minutes 38 seconds. This will be the RKV's last con-
tact with Gemini IV until the 5lst revoilution. We are now nearing the
end of the 42nd revolution. This is Gemini Control.
END OF TAPE
Mission Cormnentary Transcript Tape 114, Page 1
This is Gemini Control 66 hours 39 minutes after lift-off. The

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Gemini IV spacecraft is now in telemetry, voice, and radar tracking
contact with the Canary Islands Tracking Station and is passing across
the coast of Africa just south of Casablanca. The crew of Gemini IV
is currently conducting a weather photography experiment run involving
some heavy clouds in the lea of the Canary and Mederia Islands. During
the pass over the tracking ship, Rose Knot Victor, at the end of the
last revolution, telemetry readouts indicated that the Gemini IV was
go all the way in the words of the FKV spacecraft communicator. This
is Gemini Control,
ENDOFTAPE
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This is Gemini Control 67 hours and 9 minutes after lift-off.
The Gemini IV spacecraft is now over the Eastern Indian Ocean just
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south of the Indonesian Island Chain. Carnarvon Australia tracking
station, now in voice, telemetry, and radar tracking contact with
Gemini IV. The crew is presently performing the electrostatic
charge sensing experiment. This is Gemini Control
EDDOFTAPE
!Jhis is Gemini Control at 65 hours 39 minutes after lift-off.
The Gemini IV is now over the Pacific toward the end of the 43rd
revolution and will be in contact with Mission Control through the
voice remoting ,station at Antigua Island about 18 minutes from now.
EIIDOFTAPE
This is Gemini Control 68 hours and 9 minutes after lift-off.
The Gemini IV spacecraft is now directly above the Mederia Islands
about 600 miles:due-west of Casablanca at the start of revolution
44. Through the voice remoting station at Antigua, Grand Turk
Island and Bermuda, the spacecraft communicator here In Mission
Control relayed to the Gemini IV some updated times for. flight
plan activities nearing the 44th revolution, including horizon
scanner, sunset and moonset checks,.and Apollo night orientation
checks. We now have a tape of the Gemini IV voice contacts with
these stations. The tape follows. This is Gemini Control.
cc This is Cap Com, Gemini IV, read you loud and clear.
m. Roger, reading you loud and clear. I have .a flight plan update
and if your too busy to copy, we'll just be standing by.
cc Okay, just another minute or--two . .
FLT Ground lhas signal.
s/c This is Gemini IV. Go ahead with what you had.'
FLT Roger, Jim. Would you perfer these.in Greenwich mean time, or
elapsed time? Over.
s/c Give them in G.m.t.
FLT Roger, Okay. G.m.t. - ll 54 CO, horizon scanner sunset check.
BE24 Bermuda has T&l solid.,,
s/c Stand by just a minute.
FLT Rog. Standing by.
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S/C Okay, go ahead with
FLT Roger. Time 10 ‘15 CO, horizon.scanner moonset cl-ieck.
S/C Okay 10 15 00 horizon \scanner mbonset check.
FLT Roger. You got the previous one' of'1444 00 horiz.on scanner sunset
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check. _ .'
S/C It was 11 54 wasn't it?,. . .'
FLT Roger. 'Ihe first one was ‘Ill 54and the seCond one was I2 15.
S/C Okay, I.got that.‘
FLT Next one is 12 22 CO Apollo yaw orientation nightcheck
s/c Okay.. .-.. ': of Apollo yaw orientation moon check
FLT Roger I2 58.00 horiibn scannerthruster'check
s/c Okay 12 58 horizbn scanner thruster check .
FLT Roger 12 59.00..horizon sE;Canner track check !
Roger horizdn scanner track check,'at'12 59 .

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FLT Roger and out. 13 14 00 one attitude thruster check
s/c Say again, 15 14?
FLT Roger that's 1 attitude thruster'check...

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FLT Did you get .that last one, .Zim?
FLT Gemini IV, this is Houston
PLT Gemini IV, Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn, Over
s/c Go ahead Houston, Gemini IV ." .'
FLT Roger. Did you get that one attitude thruster.check?
s/c This is Gemini IV, I'm not getting that . . .
FLT Roger. We will get the rest to you at the Canaries,

This is Gemini Control, 68 hours, 30 minutes after liftoff.
The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over the eastern sector of the
Indian Ocean on a track that will pass directly over the Canarvon
tracking station for a pass lasting 8 minutes and 20 seconds. The
spacecraft communicator at Canarvon will alert the crew to watch
for the lights of Melbourne, Australia which the people of
Melbourne have turned on for this pass of Gemini 4, This is
Gemini Control.
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This is Gemini Control. The._ Canarvon,

.L. Australia
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hours, 44 minutes after liftoff. ., ; We will now proceed with the
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cc: How 'bout pushing down on your lead again..,,,
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s/c : I say I look like I'm starting to ifiche a .little

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cc: Okay, he is looking real good, he's got his, uh, platform
all powered up, it looks'like its lining up right, the computers

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on prelaunch and everything looks fine.
F: Roger, wonder if you can get an estimate from him as to
how long it kook to warm up. ! ; :-' ,. -,

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cc: Allright. How long did it take you to
7 !. warm up the platform?
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S/C: 3.5 minutes. I turned it (' on 11:50 ,, .-- at 12:15.. I go.t the
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active arrow light which indicates it had warmed up.
cc: Okay, 25 minutes, thank you.
s/c : Roger, I didn't start lining it now until about 12:30
after
cc: Roger
F: We have that, Canarvon
s/c: command, I started with a pretty bad reference because
I tried to get this MSC pack on. It took about 15 minutes,
17, minutes to align properly.
cc: Ah, roger, I understand.
cc: Looks like your cohort woke up, huh?
s/c : Yeah, I'm pretty busy here, he has to come along
he only got time for about 15 minutes
cc :.
s/c : so I guess your're having. too much
trouble.
cc : out
cc: Flight, Canarvon
F: Go ahead, Canarvon
cc: I think that the next time you have a site where he is
going a little OMS thrusting, I show OMS show right and OMS
show left which is in impossibility.

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cc: I think the next time you come over a site with
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you can do the checking.
F:] Roger .
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s/c: CapCom Canarvon, Gemini 4
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cc: Go ahead.
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s/c: I see some lights shining on the clouds down below me.
cc: Alright, that should

be Melbourne.
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s/c : Okay, tell them I thank them for lighting the night for me.
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cc: Oh, very good, they'll appreciate that.
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s/c : Tell them the next time they ought to get these clouds out
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cc: That's the same way I feel about this.
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F: Roger, Canarvon, how 'bout giving us a run down on that?
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cc: Okay, he looks real good, he seems to be in a real go.od
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mood. Sounds a lot better than he did yesterday. His clocks
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look pretty good except 8%~ for that same old lag in the FCT.
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Showing activity on the OMS and all thrusters just about.
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His horizon scanner seems to be working real well. We only
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had one horizon search during the pa& with small little time.
F: Roger
cc: And he, the AC volts are 25.7 and they stayed steadythroughout
the pass. He said his platform lined up real well. Took him between
15 and 17 minutes to align it.
'F: Roger
cc: And he thinks he saw some lights, I believe they might have
been Adelaide, but he thinks they're Melbourne so we let it go
at that. The one thing is like I just mentioned to you before.
My OMS yaw right and my OMS yaw left bi-levels are coming on some-
times exactly at the same time and if he makes a OMS maneuver or
over another site, then tell me whether or not
I've got a problem here.
F: Roger, GNC has something here he wanted to say.
GNC : Ah, Canarvon CapCom, just wanted to confirm that he wasn't
rolling and that, I'm sure your eystems man was probably watching
that, SO, uh, I'd like to confirm that wasn't roll control that
you were seeing.
cc: Hold on a second
s/c: It was a roll control when we saw the search.
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GNC : What I was wondering, Harry, was that, uh, when, uh, you
said that both of them firing at the same time, could that have
been roll control because you know he's got to fire one left and
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one right.
cc: I don't think so, they're both going off at exactly the
same time.
GNC : Okay, we'll take a look at it.
cc: Okay
This is Gemini Control at 69 hours 9 minutes after lift-off. The

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Gemini IV spacecraft is now passing over the Society Islands in-the
Southcentral Pacific toward the end of the 44th revolution. During
the pass over Australia, 20 minutes ago, the crew reported they could
see the glow of city lights, but next time tell them to move the clouds
so that we can see the city itself, they said. Melbourne, Australia,
had turned on all its lights as a welcome to the crew of Gemini IV.
Spacecraft systems and medical data relayed to the ground during the
Carnarvon pass all looked good. This is Gemini Control.

Mission Commentary Transcript Tape l-21, Page 1
This is Gemini Control, 69 hours 40 minutes after lift-off at the

beginning of the 45th revolution. -The‘Gemini IV spacecraft 'is now in
the Central Atlantic, about 400 miles south of the Azores and is in
3 minute-s from contact with'the Canary Islands tracking‘station. We
now have a'tape of the pass -over the stateside tracking stations which
we will run at this time. This is Gemini Control.
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CC Gemini IV, Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn. Over

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s/c Houston Cap Cam, Gemini IV. Go ahead.
cc Roger. How are youcoming on your , checks, Jim?
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cc Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn, how are you _'
coming on your horizon
checks? Over.
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CC! Gemini IV, Gemini IV, ,Houston Cap Corn. Over.
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s/c .. Go ahead Houston, Gemini JV. . : ._, ,,,,_ ,,,
cc Roger, How are you coming on your horizon checks?
Gemini IV.
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s/c We are coming along pretty well, We've got . . horizon scan
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thruster and the . . .
cc Roger. I would like to remind-you that the horizon scan thruster
check should not be commenced-until you can .confirm Canaries AOS

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._,_ at Aos. Over.
Canaries will give you a call
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s/c Roger. We will wait for Canaries' AOS.
cc Roger. We are interested in the cabin humidity. Is there any
noticeable water in the, cabin? per*. ,_

s/c We were just talking about that a few minutes ago. The humidity
is staying low and at about 63, percent and there is no noticeable
moisture. We have been doing a great

..: deal of operation faceplate
and gloves off. .,

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cc I understand faceplate open and gloves off.
s/c Affirmative
cc Roger. We would like. to know how much color film remains, just
an estimate for the Hasselblad camera and the 16 mm camera. Over.
s/c . . .
cc Roger. We aye interested in an estimate of how mkh unexposed
colored film you have for the Hasselblad and the 16 mm cameras,
. . Texas, go local
cc Gemini IV, Gemini IV, Houston Cap Cam. Over
s/c Go ahead, Houston, Gemini IV.

cc Roger. Can you give us an estimate of how much colored film you
have remaining of the Hasselblad and the 16 mm cameras.
s/c Roger. We have one magazine of Hasselblad film left and a little
under two magazines of 16 mm left.

cc Rog. I understand. You two ready to come home yet?
s/c Say again.

CC You two ready to came home yet?'
s/c I'm sure tired of looking at this ugly face, it needs a shave.
cc We are getting tired.of hearing that silly voice, too, McDivitt.
. . . Hello, Frankie
. . . How are you doing?
s/c Well, I'm waiting untfl 12 58 so I can fire my thrusters again.

. . . This is the most fQn you have had in two days, I'll bet.
s/c Yeah, it is the first time1 have fired the thrusters in 2 days.
. . . Have at it, flight time hogs.
s/c Too bad this isn't . . . I would have my requirements in already
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. . . Well, I heard that Ed White was a flight hog, Jim, but I always
thought that you were a 55 minute mission man.
s/c I think we will stay up here until we run out of fuel.

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. . Right, well don't ever land with them full.
s/c . . .
cc Everything is real good down here, saw both your wives yesterday
and everything is in good shape.

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s/c Okay.
cc We are thinking of extending the mission about a week.
s/c . . .
CC Okay, Frank said he would be up as soon as he can make it.

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s/c . . .
cc Say again Gemini“IV. "
s/c I say, where am I?
cc You .don't know?
cc It looks like you are just about s'outheast'of.the tip of Florida,
probably about over Cuba.
s/c I've got it, I thought it was an island . . .

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CC Gemini IV,' can you give us a reading on OAMS source pressure,
temperature and quantity?
s/c Roger. The quantity reads 55 percent, but keeps going up and down.
That's a pretty good.average number right now.
cc Well your OAMS thrust temperature is .70, pressure .is 1900.
cc Roger. We‘ve got 55 percent, 70, and 1900
s/c That's affirmative.

cc Gemini IV, this is Houston
s/c Go ahead, Houston
cc Roger. It looks like you have used about 15 pounds at a first

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guess OAMS.
s/c I've used how much?
CC A first cut at it Jim, looks like about 15 pounds so far,
s/c I have used 15 out of 10.
cc Yeah, that's right. 15 out of 10 available for these checks.
s/c Well, we haven't used that much at all.
cc Okay.
_ . . . Go to Bermuda aircraft
CC Gemini, this is Houston. That's just a rough guess on the

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OAMSusage. We will get a better cut at - after Canaries. You

are still looking good.
s/c Okay, I've got a question. . . supposed to perform at 1340 which

is.... thruster check. Is that the attitude thruster . . .
Check?
cc Okay. Stand by one.

one
cc That's affirmative, Jim. That is a /attitude thruster failure
check.
s/c Okay
cc Gemini IV, this is Houston, You guys really sound great, and we
will see you later tonight.
s/c Hokey doke.
End of Tape
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The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now in the central Indian Ocean
about 1700 miles Gest as you are east of the Island of Madagascar,
and 7 minutes from radio, telemetry and radar tracking contact
with the Canarvon, Australia tracking station. The spacecraft
will be entering darkness just prior to crossing the Australian
coast. This is Gemini Control.
End of tape
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape l-23, Page 1
This is Gemini Control 70 hours 39 minutes after lift-off. The
Gemini IV spacecraft is now over the south central Pacific 1700 miles
east of the Fiji Is.lands near the end of the 45th revolution. Gemini IV
at this point in the Mission has traveled about 1 and one-quarter million
miles. We have a tape of the pass over the Carnarvon, Australia, tracking
station 20 minutes ago. The tape follows. This is Gemini Control.
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon, do you read?
s/c Roger. 'Ihis is Gemini IV
cc ,Loud and clear, how are you doing?
s/c How are you doing?
cc A little tired. You are looking real good down here.
s/c Everything is going okay up here . . .. . . . at 1320

cc Roger. Have you . . . . . . . . . . checks?
s/c Yeah. We did
cc Okay, very good.
s/c I made a medical pass type one on the pilot over Texas at l& 13 15
. . He hasn't been to sleep, about to go to sleep,' it would be better
for him to go to sleep without a medical pass test. . . make
a medical pass on him right now.
FLT That's okay, Flight, Carnarvon go ahead

cc Okay
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FLT CarnarvonCapCorn,,this is HoustonFlight

cc Go ahead
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FLT Ask him if he checked any MDIU quantities while the platform was
out.
cc What's that, Flight
FLT Ask him if he checked any MDIU quantities while the computer and
platform were out.

cc Roger
cc Come in Gemini IV, Carnarvon
s/c Go ahead
cc Did you ever check any MDIU quantities while the computer and
. . .
s/c No, we didn't

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cc Flight, Carnarvon
FLT Go ahead.
cc We are not getting that adapter C-bend at all. Can I turn it

off to go to reentry?
FLT Roger
CC Blood pressure looks good, pilot
cc Can we have some information on your food and water.
s/c . . . is his temperature okay?
cc That's affirmative, he can take the probe out now.
s/c Affirmative on the second meal of the third day at the present
time, and I've had 7 swallows of water since the last report.
CC Okay. Have you had a chance to sleep at all since your last
orbital pass?
s/c No, I don't believe so.

cc Okay, that's all we need now. . .
s/c How about a 15 minute nap now
cc Say again
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I thought about a 15-minute nap. We have been pretty active in
s/c
the last 2 hours.
cc You were asleep on the last pass or so. We noticed that, but
our boys will have to wake you up.
s/c Right. Give me 15 minutes.
cc Okay. Time is running. out
s/c Roger
FLT Hello Cap Com, this is Houston flight
FLT Carnarvon Cap Corn, Houston Flight
cc Go shead flight
FLIT What kind of attitudes has he got?
cc . .
FLT Say again, what kind of attitudes.-?
cc When I get them on amp my computer fires out
FLIT Aw, yes
. . .
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FLT Okay, you got any C-band now?
cc Computer beacons on and off so we can't lockout.

FLT That's too bad. Well, okay.
FLT Could you get gobd track over the Canaries?
cc Say again
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This is Gemini Control, 70 hours, 58 minutes into the

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mission. There is presently an exchange of conversation between
the CapCom here in‘H'uston Control Center and th Gemini-4 crew.
We will now join that.conversation... This'is Gemini Control.
cc: You'ye doing .great,, .,, ..
s/c: Hello there, how are you?
cc: Just fine, after a long night's sleep.
s/c: Well, we had,a:lot-of shortlnight.!s sleep.... ..
,,,Everyt+,ng$ going .fine,, thanks... I
cc: Ah,, you're!ldoing a great..job.-r . : :
CC+-- Jim, we took a,:hack.on youraccelerometer bias dovn,.here,
while.yowplatform was powered upi and,,it.,looks,good to us.
S/C;zdY!Okay,-thank .you. ': i..t__ . : :.
cc: Roger, and I'd like to advise you that any MSC ten film
that you: have,left,over you could use fortargets of opportunity
at your own option. f '.
s/c: okay, thatIs.got.a,,couple- '.. I ; 1 ..
.;: ji we tried+ we couldn't.get-anything
cc: Rag, and uh, for concerning S5 and S6 you'll have some
more weather ouer.tbe Canaries and'the pass over Africa on this
rev looks good for a 6.
s/c : Okay. Did you issue any around the Canaries last time?
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cc: Roger, they're still supposed to be there.
s/c: Okay,
cc: I didn't read you that time, Jim, say again.
s/c : I said I'm still trying to get my partner here to go
to bed but he doesn't seem to be able to make it.
cc: UnderStand you're still trying to get your partner to
sleep, is that right?
s/c : Tht right.
cc: Okay. Ed, you can turn your quantity readback off.
cc: Jim, this is Houston, your passes over Canarvon, uh, we
have not been receiving data from Canarvon, uh, when you uh,
go around the next two passes, particularly the second pass from
now would you attempt.to maintain a fairly zero zero attitude.
6/C : Okay , Canarvon says he's been having an awful lot of rain,
could that be part of it?
cc: That could possibly be, they're had a tremendous amount of
rain during the past few hours.
s/c : What time am I going to get to the Canaries?
cc: What time are you going to get to the Canaries, is that what
you want?
s/c : Yeah, I want to know whether I should start kooking for my
hemo
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cc: Roger, Canaries OAS is 1432

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S/C:] Roger
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cc: Gemini 4, this is Houston.
s/c : Go ahead, this is Gemini 4.
cc: Roger, have you been pulling your head sets when you
go to sleep?
s/c : Yes we have, the ldst couple of times.
.cc : Roger, this helps a lot, right?
s/c : Yes, it does.
cc: Okeydoke, Jim, I'll be turning you over to the daylight
crew.
s/c : Okay, when are they going to promote you to the daylight
crew?
cc: I don't know, it sure would be nice to come to work at
8 o'clock in the morning. .
s/c : Well, you can always go home and come back at 8. How 'bout
that?
cc: Listen, have a good trip, we'll see youlate tonight.

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s/c: Okay
,Pbd
This is Gemini Control, 71 hours 14 minutes into the
mission. And for the last three days we've started each
message with the ground

. elapsed time.Of increasing significance
today throughout the day will be another clock here in the Control
Center one labeled GMTRC or Greenich Mean Time to retrocommand,
That clock presently reads 22 hours and 4 minutes. We have
just changed shifts here in the Control,Center and we have a
visitor, Chris Kraft's son. His name is Gordon, he is 13 years
old and his dad is showing him around his console, how it works,
and some of the many switches and many lights that he follows
in the course of his 8 hour shift. We are in the 46th revolution
with the spacecraft over the central Atlantic Ocean. We lost
contact with the Bermuda station about 2 minutes ago. Canaries
should acquire about one minute from now. This is Gemini Control.
End of Tape
This is Gemini Control. We are on the 46th revolution
coming up on Canton Island. Mission Director Chris Kraft has

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decided that based on the present apogee and perigee no further
adjustments will be necessary in the orbit of Gemini 4. We
have no further maneuvers to adjust the lifttime. He's entirely
satisfied with the lifetime which presently reads 99 miles perigee
164 miles apogee, both in sQatute miles. The crew will be advised
of this decision on the pass coming across the United States in
approximately 10 minutes.
The weather around the globe looks like this this morning.
In the western Atlantic it is partly cloudy, winds of about 10
knots, seas running 2 to 4 feet. This is also true of the eastern
Atlantic. Generally, the Atlantic is calm. The mid-Pacific area,
partly cloudy conditions, ceiling 15,000 feet, the winds running
5 to 15 knots, seas 2 to 4 feet. The western 'Pacific, the weather
has been consistently poor throuhgout this mission. It remains
that way. Frequent showers in the area south of Japan of which
our ships are congregated should that area become necessary as
a landing area is expericing frequent showers and they are expected
to continue today. Overcast includes winds 15 to 20 knots and
seas running 8 to 10 feet. This is Gemini Control.
End of Tape
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This is Gemini Control, Houston, 72 hours 56 minutes into the flight.

Cur oxygen quantity at the present time is reading 21 pounds remaining in
contrast with approximately 5.0 pounds at lift-off. This usage read is
right on.the expected curve. In.the electricity department, we have
remaining 1,032 amp hoursleft in contrast with 2,200 amp hours at lift-off.
Ihis is about 150 amp hours,below the expected usage rate. In the OAMS
fuel department, at lift-off we had 360 pounds. We now have 175 pounds
remaining. In the past .24 hours,. we have used about.15 pounds, and
throughout the course of thisday we expect ,to use an additional 40 to 45
.pounds performing various maneuvers, yaw,checks, and,we expect to use the
horizonscan mode a good deal today which is demanding in the fuel depart-
ment.'? We will hold in reserve 130 pounds for our preretro <OAMSburn.
The worldrange of stations.is green in all respects. All equipment is
functioning properly. Jim McDivitt and Ed White have eaten in the past
24 hours the following: ..
McDivitt has taken in 1,755 calories, pilot Ed White has taken
1,950 calories. McDivitt has drunk 1600 cc of water, and the
pilot has drunk approximately the same amount.
McDivitt has slept in the past 24 hours about 5 hours, 4-l/2 of which
he described as sound sleep and about l/2 hour of dozing. Ed White has
slept 6-i/2 hours,

about 4 of which were described as sound and 2-l/2 as
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dozing. Jim McDivitt is awake now, and Ed White is dozing and attempting
to get some additional sleep. In the pass across the United States,
completed a few minutes ago, McDivitt and White were advised to run the
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Mission Commentary Transcript 'Tape 127, Page 2
next-most of this day with the awake pilot with his helmet off and his
gloves off. They were instructed for the sleeping pilot to leave his
faceplate open and attempt to shade the window to keep the sun out of
their eyes in order to sleep,. McMtitt advised that they have been doing
very close to this for the past 12 hours. He said neither had taken his
helmet off. However, he indicated they would attempt that. The idea
behind this instruction is to get an even closer ,- an even sterner test
of the humidity factor in the cabin. We are'very pleased with it here.
The environmental officer 1s quite pleased with the performance to date.
We are showing humidity reading consistently at about 60 percent. McD%vitt
advises that the cabin temperature has run a very steady 65 degrees.
Over Guaymas, we completed a medical pass on McDititt, took his blood
pressure before the use of tie exerciser and following,‘ got very good
values there. We are prepared to play for,you the tape conversation
of the pass across the United States at this time. _' .
cc Gemini IV, your blood pressure is received, start exercise on your
mark.
cc Gemini IV, Guaymas 30, do you read?
s/c Roger. Do you read?

cc Roger. Geminl IV. Start your exercise on your mark. We have
received your blood pressure. \
s/c Roger. Mark
. . . Texas acquisition TM . . .
Your. . . full scale

cc Gemini IV, your blood pressure is received, we're standing by
for your third water and . . . report
s/c Roger . . .
cc Say again, Gemini
s/c I had a lot of water, I don't know how many gulps, but after I
had about 20 or 30 gulps along with a couple of meals in the
last 2. hours -
cc Roger. I understand . . . Harley
s/c That's right. I haven't been to sleep for about 2 or 3 hours.
Ed can sleep for about 5 or 6 so I probably.won't go off again

for 6 or 7.
cc Roger. I understand. Thank you, and out
cc Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn
s/c Houston, This is Gemini IV
cc Gemini IV, will you turn your computer on. .
s/c Roger. One of the computers on, the . . .. went out on the other
about 10 seconds
cc Okay. Go ahead and turn your TM switch to command and your quantity
read switch on also.
s/c Okay.
cc Gemini IV, Houston Cap Corn
S/C Go ahead
cc I've got quite a bit of information to pass up to you, Jim. First,
is your 48-1 time. Tell me when you are ready to copy.

Mission Commentary Transcript Tape u7,Page 4
s/c Okay. Go ahead

cc Okay. At 24 ft/sec forward, that's 40 seconds, 120 ft/sec aft,
that's Z!+32, at 17 20 20, 2+53, &55. Then your 48-l time without
burn, 17 14 37, 7-41, 14-29.
s/c Got it.
cc Okay, now I've got other information to pass up to you here. We
would like for the pilot who is asleep to leave his faceplate open
and his gloves off, and then we would lfke for the pilot who is
awake to take off his helmet and--gloves and use a lightwei@?t
headset for communications, if he can. We would like for.you to
continue this way up until about 3 hours prior to retrofire. Then
once in orbit, at your convenience, .we would like for you to take
a wet and dry bulb reading at any statfon and give us a report of
what it was and what time you took it; .
s/c Okay. We have had the gloves off now for the last I2 hours, but
mostly headset . . . when we are sleeping we generally put that
viser cover over it to keep the sun out of our eyes.
cc Roger.
SIC The humidity is staying down around 60 percent.
CC Roger. Okay, Jim, We have decided that you have got a little
bit of fuel- got some fuel that we can play with here in the
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flight plan. So we would like for you to go to the horizon scan
mode for the next 8 hours. That 's until elapsed time of about
80 30, and we want you to use the primary scanners. We don't want
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you to do any controlling in yaw, and if the scanners break
lock, don't control in roll or pitch either. We want to see if

it breaks lock, we want to see if it will reacquire.
WC Okay. You want the horizon scanners in the next 8 hours,

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cc Affirmative
s/c 80 hours elapsed time.
cc Roger
s/c Okay, Gus, for . . . pressure, 'we haven't been able to do

much with D burn, because we haven't been given the fuel for it.
We want to save a little . . . for that.
cc Okay. We got no problem. Go ahead and use your D-9. Now on the
’
- got an Apollo landmark number 2, and we would like for you to

be .in attitude for that at 17 19, G.m.t. of 17 19, and the target
will be 16 miles north of track, and you should be pitchdown about
-30 degrees at that time. We would like for you to track this
as close as possible and get some pictures, using the 16 mm camera
with the 75 mm lens with a nominal iens setting.
s/c Okay will do.
cc Okay, do you want me to repeat any of that?
s/c Apollo number 2 at 17 19, 16 miles north of track, pitch of 30 degrees

and use 75 mm lens, and then -
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cc Roger, and really have at it and track'it close, use your reticle
,
s/c Okay
cc Okay. Your orbit . . . runs 9 and 10, do as scheduled in the
flight plan. Do it just as you previously planned to do it.
Just for information, 9 is scheduled at an elapsed to 75 30, 10 at
75 50.
s/c Okay, we will go to the orbit . . runs 9 and 10 as scheduled to
75 30 ati 75 5%
cc Roger. Okay, we are going to come up with some more tracking
,
tasks for you, I think, and we want most of this to be done
pretty tight.
s/c Okay. Very good.
cc Okay. I've got a map update for you if you want it now.
s/c Okay. Go ahead.
cc Okay. 170 degrees east at a G.m.t. of 17 00 00. T&t's rev 47.
s/c Okay. 170 degrees at 17 00 00 rev 47.

cc Roger. You can bring your quantity readoff. You can bring'
your computer off also.
Go to Bermuda on the ground
cc Gemini IV, Houston, how do you read now?
WC Loud and clear.
cc Okay, did you get the quantity readoff and computer off.
S/C I'll get them now.
cc Okay. Flight would like to know if you are going to try sleeping
with your helmet off. Try sleeping with your faceplate open, I’M
sorry.
S/C I don't know. The sun really gets in your eyes. I don't think
we will try that. Ed just tried sleeping with helmet up and then
dawn - right now he just tumped it up. He is having a tough time
with the helmet. I tried it and I can't do it.
cc Okay, can you put the shade'over it anyway?
s/c Yeah, you can sleep with it just about half open. How about
that?
cc Okay.
s/c Actually, the last 2 hours or more, maybe it is as much as 24,
we haven't been too careful about keeping our faceplates closed
and our wristbands off, because obviously the humidity is going
up*
cc Yeah, of course, that's what we are trying to do, we are trying
to get a good hack on what is happening there and see - maybe we
don't have a problem like we originally thought.
s/c I don't think we do. Especially, Ed hasn't had his faceplate
closed in the last 12 hours, and I only had mine closed when I
was sleeping.
cc Okay. Go ahead and do what we asked there as soon as you can and
give us those wet and dry bulbs so we can get a good plot on this
thing.
s/c Okay. I have beenworried . , , and the

’ temperatureshave been
running - the dry bulb are running between 72 and 75, and the wet
bulb between 60 and 64. So the relative humidity is staying pretty
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close to around 60 percent. .

cc 'Very good.
s/c There is no difficult moisture. There ,isn't any moisture- or-~that
. . . paper, and unfortunately . .. ..$~tter~~p the wall ana I can't

take the temperature, but the most temF?rature I can,,fight is about
65. c
cc Roger.
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This is Gemini Control on the 47th revolution around the
earth with the spacecraft northeast of Australia. In the recent
Canarvon pass we got what Dr. Berry described as some of the best
medical data he's seen yet. He is extremely pleased with the
quality of the telemet.ry and with the values he saw. As we
crossed the Pacific Ocean the Canton Island station should be
in contact, Hatii should have a good contact on the order of 3
to 4 minutes and then as we cross the United States the pilots
plan to perform an Apollo landmark investigation check. From
the Cape they will receive an update, a computer update for the
values necessary before a 51-4 landing, if that should become,

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necessary between now and the 51st revolution. We are prepared
to play for you at this time the conversation between Gemini 4
and the Canarvon Station.
cc: Gemini 4, Canarvon capcom. You look good here on the
ground, we are standing by if you have any thing you need.
s/c : Roger, Capcom, Gemini 4 on

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cc: Okay, with your switches on and continue on
.
s/c : Roger, thank you.
S/C:] Canarvon Cap Corn, has it stopped raining yet?
cc: Let me ta-ke a look outside.

Mission Commentary Transcript Tape #128 Page 2
cc: sticking his head out the window, wait a second
s/c : Okay
F. Canarvon, what attitude mode do you show on the ground?
cc: Horizon scanner, primary

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F: Right
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cc: Thank you.
: .s: 7
cc: It has stopped raining,. a little bit wet, tho.
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s/c: Very good. We sure wild farms in the last
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couple of days.
cc: about 3 inches of rain today, the people around

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here can really use it for the sheep, it's a low time of the year.
,,
s/c : Ah, right. Kangeroo but I can't through the
cc : Your buddy awake.

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s/c : No he's sound asleep
cc : Flight, we're not getting too much radar data.
F: Understand.
cc: This problem, I believe, is internal to this station.
F: Roger
*.
cc: Flight, those horizon scanners seem to be looking real well.
Just getting a t&eny bit of drift on the roll but no at all.
The pitch is holding real tight and the, but, uh, just a teeny
bit of roll but very, very little.

F: Roger
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This is Gemini Control Houston 74 hours 6 minutes into the
flight. The spacecraft at this time is over New Mexico, we, uh,
have not had any voice contact as yet with the pilots this pass
because they have been performing an Apollo landmark check: how-
ever, we expect momentarily they will have that completed and Gus
Grissom has a good deal of information to relay out to them, .
including the morning news. Stand by for a live transmission
from the Gemini 4 spacecraft.
F: Guaymas, Houston Flight.
Gys : Go ahead, Houston Flight
F: 'Did you have contact?

ed you about three time,
Gys : Roger, I was call&qxkiRy but apparently KXxasttid~Rix you couldn
hear me. All systems are green.
F: -57. Did you talk to the crew?
Gys : I contacted them, I said he was Go.
F: Rag.
F: Are you sure, was that a local problem there, Guaymas?
Gys : I don't know Flight, I don't think so. My M & 0 assures
me that everything was working allright. ’
F: Did you hear him, voice control?
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vc: Negative, flight, he is cut in with talk, we didn't hear

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anything come past here.
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F: You mean you copied the same thing I copied?
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vc: Affirmative
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F: Rag
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cc: Gemini 4, Houston CapCom.
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s/c : Go,ahead, Houston, Gemini 4

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cc: Ah roger, would like to give you your 51-4 time.

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s/c : Okay, go ahead

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cc: Okay, 25 feet per second forward, 41 seconds, 128 aft
c, ..1: . .<.y -+.: ;
2+32 at 23+1602 2+428+45. Then with burn is 23+10+17 7+05
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14+17.
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s/c : Okay, got 'em. ._ . .~~ .I%

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cc: Okay, would you turn the computer on.
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cc: Jim, did you get your computer on.
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s/c : Roger, I just got it on a minute, couple of seconds ago.
cc: Okay, fine. _ .

cc: Hay,,. Jim, we've decided not to do i an orbit
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adjust so you just
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make one burn prior to retrofire. ': .
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s/c: Okay, how big is it going to be?
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cc: It'll be about 130 feet per second.
s/c : Okay, what's with the water right now?
cc: Say again?

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s/c : What's my current order?
cc: Standy by, I'll get it for you. This means we've got some
extra fuel to play with so we're in the procws now of working
in some other tracking tests, some other things into your flight
plan and we'll be passing up to you as you go along. So we're
going to do a little more controlling.
s/c : Very good
cc: Your orbit right now is 86.3 by 141.6. ,Staying up very
very well.
S/C:] Very well.
cc: Did you do a main battery check on the last orbit?
s/c : 1'11 do it, do you want it
right now?
cc: Well, can you do it? We can wait a little while until
Ed wakes up, if you want.
s/c : Nah, he!11 be asleep for a while, I'll try to do it.
cc: Hay, do you want me to read the news to you while you are
trying to do that?
s/c : 1'11 tell you what, why don't I wait until its in the
.
Canaries, how ‘bout that?
cc: Yeah, that's a good idea.
s/c : Then I can do it when1 talking......
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cc : okay, that's good, hey, uh, you don't go over the
Canaries.
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s/c : You don't go over the Canaries this pass?
cc: Nah, but you can do it between now and Canarvon
s/c : Okay
cc: Okay, here's Haney's news release. It says in the
morning paper that you're'not going to go for 5 days. This
came up in a press conference last night and in answer to the
questions Chris said it looked like we had the consumables to
make it but we had no plans to do so.

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s/c : Roger
cc: Okay, there seems to be a move on in Rome to make Pope
John the 23rd a Saint, even though it may take a hundred years
or so.
.
s/c: Roger
cc: And the Dome Stadium ren..... controversy is still going on.
:
Then there's a nice story about Chris and the Control Center and
your flight team and Bhx your families in the Chronicle this
morning Bh. \
s/c : Very good
cc: And the last item, the Cards finally beat the Astros 4-3.
Took them 12 innkngs to do it.

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cc: That's about it. The rest of the news is Gemini 4.
s/c: okay, I missed that last part, but I guess it's okay.
cc: okay, it was just about today's ballgame.
s/c: okay. How are things going down at the Control Center?
cc: It's worked better than anybody had reason to expect.
F: Really great, Jim.
cc: Hey, Jim.
cc: Gemini 4, CapCom
F: Gemini 4, Houston Flight
F:] Gemini 4, Houston Flight
s/c : Hello, Houston Flight, Gemini 4
F: We're real pleased with the way the Control Center is '
working down here, the guys really have done a great job and
deserve a lot of credit. Tremendous place.
WC Roger, thank you. Glad to think things are working out.
F: Roger
cc: Gemini 4, Cap Corn, do you want to turn off your computer.
s/c: Roger
cc: Okay
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This is Gemini Control Houston 74 hours, 39 minutes into
the mission. At almost precisely 24 hours, correction, 23, 23
hours from now, we should have retrofire. We are in our 48th
revolution with the spacecraft on the crossing the seventh, the,
uh, southern tip of Africa coming up on a night time period in
a very few minutes. We've been out of touch since loss of signal
at Bermuda. Perhaps 15 minutes agom; During the next hour the
spacecraft will perform some orbital navigation checks between
Hawaii and Guaymas. It has been running in the horizon scan
control mode now, for the, uh, past two hours. It uh, will continue
that mode for, throughout most of the day. All in all we're looking
fine and dandy here in the Control Center, we have another visitor
coming up, expected shortly, Congressman Teague of the Manned
Space Fl., Manned Space Subcommittee of the House Space Committee.
Congressman Teague is from College Station. This is Gemini Control.
End Tape.
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Gemini Control here 75 hours 10 minutes into the mission of the
48th revolution with the spacecraft northeast of Australia. Gemini IV

got its updates on future planned landing areas, contingency landing
areas in the pass over Carnarvon, and there was no other business to
take up at that time. They are still flying in the horizon scan control
mode. We here in the Control Center , the controllers have taken a
luncheon break. In the course of taking mine, I chatted with the gentle-
man from a local catering firm that has handled our cafeteria about
2 steps off the Control Room floor. His food certainly is worthy of
mention. He has provided around-the-clock cafeteria service since lift-off.
You get a nice luncheon spread, sandwich, etc. for about 95 cents,
Sausage, eggs and coffee for about 50 cents. He tells me since lift-off
he has served more than 2800 cups of coffee. I couldn't resist asking
what the planned usage rate was, and he said, "like everything else in the
mission, that's just about as expected." This is Gemini Control.
EiNDOF!lWE
This is Gemini Control Houston, 75 hours 38 minutes into the flight.
Within the last minute, we acquired the Gemini IV spacecraft by the
Guaymas station. We are reading solid '1M now on the ground from Guaymas,
and momentarily we expect Gus Grissom and Jim McDivitt to get into
conversation. Texas has acquisition. Stand by and let's tune in live
for this pass across the United States, which will probably be the last
good one today.
ENDOFTKPE
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This is Gemini Control, Houston, 76 hours 11 minutes into
the mission. We're in the 49th revolution. In the last pass
across the United States toward the end of that pass, comparing
notes with the ground, Jim McDivitt noted some trouble in his
ON/OFF switch in operating the computer. The indications are
that the switch may have been stuck in the ON position. There
are several ways around this switch, the most important of which
is the Master IGS power switch. McDivitt was advised to turn

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the IGS power switch off and leave the computer in the ON
position. We're unable to confirm whether he received that

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transmission as it occurred toward the sag end of his U.S.
pass. We will confirm it at subsequent stations, however.
We're ready to play for you at this time the tape of the pass.
The conversation begins approximately at Texas. There was no
conversation during the first half of pass. Let's have the
tape.
cc Gemini 4, Guaymas Cap COm.
WC Go ahead, Guaymas. Gemini 4.
cc Roger. All systems are green. We“ve got a change in time
for your D-9 experiment, run 4.
S/C Ok. Stand by one.

s/c Go ahead, Guaymas.
cc Roger. Start at sunset on rev 50 at 20 51 Zulu.
s/c ml 51 Zulu?
cc That's affirmative. Flight, Guaymas Cap Corn.
F1igh.t: GO ahead.
cc All systems are green. We passed up that information.
Flight: Roger.
cc That TR clock looks like about one second leading.
Flight: One second leading?
cc Yeah.
cc Texas has acquisition.
S/C Go ahead, Houston. Gemini 4.
cc Jim, would you turn your computer on.
S/C Roger.
Cc ok. I've got another experiment to pass up to you here.
S/C Ok. Just a minute.
s/c Go ahead, Houston. Gemini 4.
cc Hey, Ed, you’re awake.
WC Hi.
cc This concerns the zodiacal experiment which is going to be
on 5. And they want to find out if they're going to get any
fogging of their film from the attitude control thrusters. SO
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we'll likely use your 35mm Conterax and you can use either
black and white film or color. And set it wide open at F18
with the range set at 8 feet. Then we'd like for you to put
the camera against the window and hold it so that the nome
isn't in the field of view. Then we'd like two sets of photo-
graphs. One‘should be in pulse mode and have the spacecraft
pointed straight down to black earth'- this will be - I'll
give you a time to start it - this will be at the black earth
onnight side and then give one pulse up pitch - pitch pulse
up - and get a picture with the shutters of the camera open
in a bulb position. And as you come up through the horizon,
why, get another picture with pitch-down pulse with another
frame of the camera and again let the shutter wide open at that
time. And then we want the same type of picture - we want a
picture pulse up with the horizon view, with the b-lack earth
view'and a picture pulse down with the horizon view and the
black earth view.
s/c Roger - I got a pulse up and pulse down with the bulb
.
position on the 35 mm black and white or color. Set it up in
18 at 8 feet.
S/C Ok. Will do.

CC ok. We recommend you do it on rev 51, starting at about
21 40 GMT.
WC Roger. Rev 51, about 21 40.
cc Rover. You can turn your.computer off now. We checked
your load in it and it's all ok.
WC I have a question on the D-9 experiment. IS that the Apollo
run Number 4 or is that the other - the Air Force run Number 41
CC It's Air Force run.
S/C Ok. When are we going to do the Apollo run 4? That's the
one where we take all those --
cc Didn't you do it?
s/c * . .
cc Didn't you do it? Didn't you do the Apollo one?
S/C No. We haven't done that one yet.
CC Ok. We'll schedule that for you.

S/C Ok.
CC Ok. Jim, would you press on your sternal leads? Hey, and
we have indication that you're using about two amps more thah
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we think you should. We're wondering what is the position of
your suit pan, or do you have something else on that we don't know
about.
S/C Yeah, we have the suit pan at two - we'll turn them back to
one.
cc That's ok.
S/C Hey, I just - I still have my malfunction light and my
computer light on with the switch off.
cc We show- a 'computer on -and 2-m malfunction'light. What's
your status now? With the computer?
s/c . . . . prelaunch and some'other mode.
cc What mode were you in when you got your malfunction light?
S/C What? ..
cc Well, what mode are you in on .your computer now? :
s/c I just ran from prelaunch to checkout - at that time the
camp light off - let's see if it comes back on now. Ok. It's
back on now. Now we'll turn the whole'computer off and see
what happens. Now, I still get the computer running lightswhen
I've got the switch off. .: '.- -'.%,,
cc You still have. the,Lcomputer running 'light with the switch off?
:
s/c That's affirmative; ..
cc . .
s/c What?
.
cc We still show tha,t the computer is on..
s/c Affirmative - you show that the. computer's on?
cc That's what we show down here.
S/C ok.
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cc Cycle it one time, now, Jim.
s/c . . .
cc Say again.
S/C Yes. Can you tell what mode we're in down there?
cc Affirmative.
S/C ok. We're going ta catch-up as soon as it switches over there.
cc It's a catch-up.
S/C Did it switch on?
cc It sure did. Switch it back to off.
s/c Houston.
cc Go ahead, Jim.
S/C what mode are we now?
cc you're in catch-up.
s/c Is that what it shows down there?
cc It shows you in catch-tip and on, that's correct.
S/C Ok. My ON/Off switch must have failed in the ON position.
Hey, ground.
cc Go ahead.
\
S/C We're going to euitch the IGS power off and let it go back
to prelaunch and just turn the IGS power on.
cc Just stand by on it, Jim.

cc Did you get that?
S/C Go ahead, Cap Corn. This is Gemini 4.
cc Leave your computer the way it is for a few minutes. Ok?
S/C Ok. I'll leave it switch off, in prelaunch, with the computer
light burning. Actually, the computerts on, I guess.
cc Roger. We got all the experts pouring through the books,
here.
S/C Ok.
cc Hey, Jim. Did you have your HF on when you passed over
Ascension in the last orbit?
S/C Well, I did have my HF on but I was reading somebody in. UHF.
cc Yeah, they gave you a call.
s/c I answered him UHF,but I never got a response.
CC Ok. Fine. Hey, we" re still thinking down here. Gemini
4, do you still read?
cc Gemini 4, if you read turn your IGS off.
End of Tape.
Mission Cmntary Transcript Tape 134, Page 1
This is Gemini Control Houston, 76 hours 41 minutes into the mission
on the 49th revolution. Just had a pass at the northern edge of the
Carnarvon contact zone. We are satisfied now that In the pass that
McDivitt heard our broadcast as he went down the Eastern Test Range.
We are satisfied that he has left his computer switch in the ON position,
and over on the upper right wall of the cabin over Ed White's right
shoulder, he has put a switch there, the IGS switch in the ACME position.
Earlier, we had - indications were that we had asked them to put that
IGS switch in the OFF position, but reconsideration with the Guidance
Navigation and Control people here thought it best to put it in the
ACME position, which means attitude control maneuver electronics. !ChiS

will leave - this allows electricity to flow through the ACME circuits
which control the maneuver thruster action. We expect contact with the
Rose Knot Victor in 67 tinutes from now. Meanwhile, we have the tape
for you from the Carnarvon pass. It is very brief and it is noisy. Here
it is at this time.
SF Hello Carnarvon, Gemini IV, over and out
cc Roger, is your computer switches in the ON position, your AC power
switch in the ACME position.
S/C Computer switch is ON and AC power in ACME, is that right?

s/c Okay.
FLT Where did he have it?
cc What position were you in?
S/C It was in - . . . switch ON and AC power in IGS.
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cc Roger. I understand
cc What load were you in?

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cc What computer load Gere you in?
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s/c ............... Computer ON ....... AC power switch in Ids
cc Okay
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FLT Carnarvon ask him to describe again what happened when he turned
the switch to the OF'F position, and after he's done that , if he
.,
hasn't said so., ask him if he saw a ma1 .
.: :
cc Roger *
. . .
cc Tell me what happened-when you went to OFF position.
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s/c Carnarvon. . . Gemini IV
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cc I read you loud and clear.
,
cc Go ahead Gemini IV, I read you loud and clear
'.
s/c Carnarvon, Gemini IV
. ,.
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Corn
s/c Carnarvon, Gemini IV

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cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Com
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Com '-~ ""' .'

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cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Com. Over'
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cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Com
FLT You had very low elevation this pass, Eddie, he may not be
reading us.
cc That’s probably true, I’m getting a lot of dropouts.
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Corn

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s/c Carnarvon, Gemini IV, do you read?
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CC Read you loud and clear, how me?
s/c Loud and clear
cc Okay, tell me briefly what happened when you went to the OFF
position over the mainland.
s/c I went to the OFF position . . . nothing happened
cc Did you get a malfunction light?
s/c What
cc Did you get a malfunction light?
s/c No, I didn't. I got the malfunction light when I turned the AC
power from IGSto ACME.

s/c ......
cc Did you copy that play?
No. I'm not sure I understood it, but keep . . . . him, and
we will,get a briefing from you, if you understood it.
cc Okay, . . . . . . . . .
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon, how do you read?
ENDOFTAPE
This is Gemini Control, 77 hours and 28 minutes into the
mission and we've just started the 50th revolution. For the
.
last revolution around the earth, we've had - encountered a
little difficulty with the onboard computer switch. The ON/OFF
switch has been acting up. We've tested the circuit breakers
on it and looked at it. It isn't acting just exactly as it
should. I am pleased to report that all other systems on board
are entirely green at this time. This particular switch is
the subject of considerable conversation that we have on tape -
conversation first with the Coastal Sentry Quebec, then a brief
conversation with the Hawaii station and then as the spacecraft
swung down the western Centra,l American coast, through Houston.
It's also worth noting that throughout the course of this flight,
we have mentioned time and again, Gus Grissom, the Capsule
Communicator on this.shift, and at his side every day has been
John Young who was also at .his side some 76 days ago, during their
flight in GT-3. John, during the course of this flight, has
been just as silent as he was during that GT-3 flight. Gus has
done all the talking. We're prepared to play the tape for you
now and we'll listen to that tape at this time.
S/C CSQ, Cap, Gemini 4.
cc Roger. Do you have a computer malfunction light on?

S/C Negative. But I sure have a pretty combination of switches.
I've got the ACME power \ on and I've got the computer on -
my computer light finally went on and finally my malfunction
light went off.
cc Can you tell me when your computer light went on and when
your malfunction light went off.
S/C Ok. When we put the ACME . . . . I changed to ACME and I
put the power in the computer, the computer light went off, the
malfunction light came on, but the computer light came back on
aga.in and the malfunction light stayed on and then some bulbs
got dimmer. A little while later, about three or four minutes
after we went to ACME power, the computer went out. The malfunction
light stayed on for about another four or five minutes and
finally it went out.
cc Roger.
Flight: Send us a message on that CSQ. Describe it.
cc Say again.
Flight: Send us a teletype message.
cc Roger.
cc Flight, all of his systems look good.
Flight: Roger.
s/c Station calling Gemini 4, say again.
cc Rcwr, Hawaii.calling Gemini 4. Would like to remind you
you have critical tape dump over Guaymas. Acquisition time
of Guaymas, 20 25 03. Did you copy? Over.
s/c Negative. I did not copy.
cc Roger. Your critical tape dump over Guaymas. Acquisition
time, 20 25 03. Did you copy? Over.
S/C You said we have a critical T/M dump over Guaymas at 20 25.
cc Roger.
\ S/C Who am I talking to?
cc This is Hawaii.
S/C Roger, Hawaii. Can you tell me how I am doing on my electrical
power?
cc Roger. Stand by.
Flight: You're doing great.
cc Roger. Flight reports you are doing great.
s/c Above or below the predicted?
Flight: He hasn't used as much as we predicted and we predict
he's got plenty of power left.
cc Roger. You have not used as much as predicted and should be
well ahead.
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s/c Rog.
cc You're fat by apprpximately 160.
S/C Roger, Understand I've got 160 amp power more than we had
planned.
cc That is affirmative.
S/C ok.
S/C Have they got my computer figured out yet?
Flight: -Negative.
cc Negative on that, Gemini 4.
Flight: We're working on it.
cc They're working on it at the present time.
S/C Ok.
cc Flight, Hawaii.
Flight: Go ahead.
cc We did send a TX. It was rejected on our first transmission.
Retransmitted and it was accepted.
Flight: Rog.
cc All systems looked good on the ground. Negative malfunction
light.
Flight: Rog.
cc Flight, Hawaii.
Flight: Go ahead.
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cc We have had LOS.
Flight: Roger.
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cc All systems looked Ok on the ground, Flight.
Flight: Roger.
S/C Ok, Houston. This is Gemini 4,
cc Roger. Gemini 4, we would like for you to bring your IG& -
your power switch - ease your power switch back to IGS and your
computer switch on. And we'd like for you to watch - when you
do that we'd like for you to watch for a rise in amperage to
make sure it comes on.
s/c Ok.
cc We want you to leave this on till you just about finish
your pass o'ver here. We want to check the computer memory.
WC Ok. It's going on now.
cc GuayItEis, go ahead with your pass.
CCG We're having a little difficulty locking up on T/M.
Flight: Roger.
S/C Houston, Gemini 4. I've got the malfunction light on now.
It won't go out.
CCG Gemini 4, Guaymas Cap Corn.
S/C Roger, Guaymas, Gemini 4.

CCG Roger. I‘m not receiving T/M. I'm getting it intermittently
now. .
CCG Gemini 4, Guaymas Cap Corn. We're standing by for a tape
dump.
s/c Roger. You want me to dump it or can you just dump it by
command?
CCG You'll have to dump it.
S/C Ok. Tape playback coming on continuous.
CCG Flight, Guaymas.
Flight: Go ahead.
s/c Be advised I can't get my malfunction light on my computer
now.
CCG Roger. Did you copy, Flight?
Flight: He now has his ma1 light off?
CCG He's got it on and he can't get it off.
Flight: Rog.
CCG Gemini 4, we've still not received your dump.
S/C ok. I've got the tape playback continuous.
CCG Guaymas Cap Corn, Houston E Corn, get a transmitter on.
CCG I have still no modulation, Gemini 4.
S/C ok. Stand by.
Flight: Has he got the transmitter on?

CCG That's affirmative. I've got a carrier, Flight. No
modulation, though.
Flight: you're sure that isn't the Aq aid?

CCG Negative. People are cued up for a dump.
S/C GuaymaS, Gemini 4. All the switches and circuit breakers
are on. You ought to be getting it.
CCG Roger, stand by.
CCG Flight, I think you're right. T/M says he can't tell for
sure whether it's Aq aid or the dump.
E Corn: Guaymas, Cap Cpm, this is Houston E Corn. Have that
T/M switch to real time/delayed time and you'll get it.
CCG That's how he turned iton, I assume. Gemini 4, Guaymas
Cap Corn.
S/c Go ahead.
CCG Did you place the telemetry switch to real time and dump
time?
WC Real time and delay time?
CCG That's affirmative.
S/C Ok. You can't command anything on, that right?
CCG I got it now, Gemini 4.
S/C Roger.
CCG We finally got it, Flight.
Flight: Roger. .
CCG Do you want a computer summary, Flight?
CCG Houston Flight, Guaymas Cap Corn.
CCH Gemini 4, Houston Cap Corn.
Flight: Stand by.
S/C Go ahead, Houston,Gemini 4.
CCH Roger. Would you check your indicator light test circuit
breaker and make sure - and turn it off and see if it turns
off your ma1 light. Over on y0ur left panel.
CCH Do you know the circuit breaker I mean, Jim?
S/C Go ahead, Houston, reading you loud and clear.
CCH Roger. Turn off your indicator light tes,t circuit breaker
on your left circuit breaker panel.
S/C Roger. I already have, Gus, and it didn't turn off the light.
CCH It doesn't do it any good, huh?
S/C Negative.
CCH Will you turn your quantity read on for ten seconds?
CCH Jim, we show that the memory is ok. We're showing about the
same thing you are otherwise.

S/C Ok. Let me cycle the computer mode up to - say, catch-up.
and then prelaunch. \

CCH Ok.
WC That didn't seem to do any good.
CCH You have the computer switch on and your power switch in
IGS, right?
S/C Affirmative. I have the computer switch on and the power
, switch.in IGS. Let me switch the computer switch off and back
on.
CCH Jim, What I told you about your memory isn't correct. We
have - we're not able to check your memory this pass.
S/C Ok. Be advised that even when I turn off the computer
operate switch I still have the malfunction light on.
CCH Roger. How about going to catch-up and hitting that Start
Comp.
S/C Ok.
CCH Nothing happens when you hit your reset button, huh?
S/C Yeah, the light goes out and goes back on in a couple of
seconds. Just like there's a malfunction.
CCH Ok. Have you hit Start Comp?
S/C Yeah. That's what turned the computer light on.
CCH Ok, Jim. Go ahead and put your EC power switch to ACME.
Leave your computer switch on.
, .
s/c Computer switch on. Ok.
CCH We'll work on it. \We'll give you an answer when we get one.
S/C ok. Be advised when we go to ACME . . . for just a short
time very dimly and then go out.
CCH Say that again.
s/c . . .
CCH ok.
End of Tape.
This is Gemini Control Houston, 78 hours and 11 minutes into the
mission. Mission Director Chris Kraft has just advised the Coastal
Sentry Quebec in the western Pacific to pass up to the Gemini IV space-
.
craft in approximately 5 minutes the time-to-retro values for a 63-1
landing. This would be in the primary landing zone for the 63rd revolution.
We are now in the 50th revolution, and this pass is taking the spacecraft
over the northeast coast of South America. During the course of that pass
over northeast coast of South America, the pilots were to energize the
flux gate magnetometer and the electron proton spectrometer, two devices
used to measure the strength of the magnetic field which dips to its lowest
point over the earth just off the coast of South America. Both pilots were
scheduled to eat - they are scheduled to eat right now. They should have
started a few minutes ago. In about half an hour, it will be Jim McDivitt's
turn to go back to sleep. Flight progressing very nicely at this point.
We still haven't quite figured out what's wrong with that computer switch
which has been acting up, but it is not of critical concern. Reviewing the
electrical circuits involved and hope to have a solution shortly. This
is Gemini Control at 78 hours and 12 minutes into the flight.
END OF TAPE
Gemini Control here, 78 hours 45 minutes into the mission on the
50th revolution. At this time, Jim McDivitt,who was programed to catch
a little sleep*in this period, is still up. He is talking now to the
Guaymas station as the spacecraft swings along the Mexican coast. He

has been describing whether they are going to put their various items
of equipment, got it all laid out, H just broke us up here by saying

after reeling off a long list of storage spots, someone reminded him
that it was pretty crowded up there and he suggests that we could just
barely see out the windows. Earlier we had an outstanding pass in the
Pacific area where he was in touch with the Coastal Sentry Quebec.
Then the range tracker ship immediately after CSQ, and then Hawaii. That
tape is ready. We now have the tape and will roll it for you at this
time. This is Gemini Control.
cc Gemini IV, CSQ, do you copy?
s/c Go ahead CSQ, you want a . . . . on the pilot, is that right?

cc On the Command Pilot. Skip the temperature and just give us the
blood pressure.
s/c Okay.
cc Is the pilot awake?
s/c Yes he is.
cc Will you give me your status on main batteries?
s/c Roger. Just a minute.
s/c Okay, we've got full scale on the . . .
cc Turn the . . . . switch off

Mission Commentary Iranscript Tape 137, Page 2
cc Gemini IV pilot, CSQ, do you copy?
s/c I did
cc Roger. on your main - main batteries
s/c Roger
cc Roger, advise the command pilot first blood pressure is good
cc Go ahead exercise on your mark
s/c Main batteries are on 9 and 22 and one-half.
cc What is your status for the 63~1 rev?
s/c Status is GO
on the ground
cc Roger. 'We are GO/also, I am going to have to change your . . . . . .
with the 63-1 TR.
s/c Roger. I've had my battery readout . . . at 9 and 22 5.
cc Roger got that. and the adapters all reading around 2 and 24 and l/2.
cc You say amps reading 2 and voltage 24.3
s/c Roger about 2$
cc Roger.
cc Be advised that the - Houston does not know yet what the problem
is on that computer. You will still be advised later.
s/c Thank you

cc Okay, we got a full cut on the blood pressure7
cc Your 63-1 G.m.t. RC time , I've got it when you are prepared to
COPY.
s/c All right go ahead.

cc 63-1 16 hours 56 minutes 01 seconds.
s/c Roger. 63-1 16 56 01
cc Roger. ‘That second blood pressure is good.
cc Has the command pilot been drinking water?
s/c Affirmative. I guess I have been drinking water . . . had a meal.
..............
..............
cc He is halfway through one meal.
. s/c Affirmative.
cd How much water?
s/c About 10 gulps.. . . in the last 3 hours.
cc Roger. COPY
cc Okay. I have some flight plan items for you, when you are
prepared to copy.
s/c I'll try it.
cc Roger. Experiment MSC 2 and 3, on and off by preschedule time.
s/c Roger. Do you have a . . . . . . . . on that?
cc Roger. The MSC 2 and 3. . . forward start at 23 hours 49 minutes
end at 15 minutes on revolution 52. Are you clocked out on the
...... mission?
Roger. End of Experiment MSC 2 and 3,15 minutes. The next day
read 52.
cc Houston flight, CSQ
FLT Go ahead.
Did you copy?
Affirmative. Loud and clear.
Gemini IV, Hawaii Cap Corn
Hawaii, Gemini IV
Roger. I would like to complete your flight plan update. I would
like to confirm you have got item 2 MSC 2 and 3. Are you ready
to copy?
Roger. We are ready to copy, but speak slowly, you're breaking
UP*
Roger. Item 2, MSC 2 and 3 FBF high, start at 23 49 Lulu, end at
00 15, rev 52. Did you copy, over.

MSC 2 and 3 fall in forward at 23 49 end at 00 15 rev 52.
Roger V8 experiment. Check number one. Start at 23 57. Check
number 2, start at 01 30. Item number 4, onboard map update, rev 50
..... node 102 degrees east at G.m.t. of 21 26.

Item 5, if possible, F6 photos of tropical storm off the west
coast of Mexico, tropical storm, Victoria. Item number 6, delete
Apollo landmark run number 7. Area is too cloudy. Did you copy? Over
Roger. I copied all the information.
Roger. You look good here on the ground, Gemini IV
You look good up here also.
Roger.
Hawaii Cap Com standing by
Roger
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape137, Page5
cc You copy, Flight?
FLT Roger, loud and clear
cc Roger, We got the Tx time here for Guaymas and IDS.
FLT Rog.
cc Gemini IV, Guaymas Cap Corn
s/c Go ahead Guaymas, Gemini IV
cc Roger. All systems look great. FLight would like you to think
about where you plan on stowing the equipment. Theywouldlike
to come up with a ...... So in the next few hours, if you could,
we would like you to think about it and maybe tell us where you
are going to put all the things.
s/c Okay, we have already thought about it, and we thought about
it quite early in the ball game. We are going to put the . . .
pack back down in the wheel well, foot well at the righthand side,
poke it back down where it was at the launch.
cc Rog.
s/c We are going tq'take the cables and Ed is going to hold it between
his legs, about level with the bottom of the seat.
cc Roger
s/c We are going to put the gun back in the . . . . . . . box.
cc Roger
s/c We are going to put the film in the center food box
cc Say again
s/c We are going to put the film, the . . . . film
cc Roger
s/c We are going to put the camera in the lefthand foot box.
cc Roger
in the middle . . . box
s/c We are going to put tie . . ..
cc Roger
SIC And all the refuge is going in the righthand food box.
cc Roger
s/c I think that takes care of it.
cc Roger. We got it.
s/c Okay, the refuge that doesn't fit in the righthand food box
will go either in the lefthand food box or in the sidewall box

where we have got the film.
cc Roger. Did you copy all of that, Flight?
FLT Roger
s/c The sleeves on the . . . . suit in that extra thick garment on
one of my legs will be stowed in my foot well on the left side.
cc Roger
s/c And I think that takes care of it.
cc Sounds like you are kinda crowded up there.
s/c It is pretty deep, I can just barely see out the window.
cc We will see you tomorrow.
s/c Okay
cc Did you copy all of that, Flight?

FLIT lhud and clear
FLT Tell him flight wants to know how much the refuge wei&s.
cc Gemini IV, flight wants to know how much that refuge weighs.
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Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 1-37, Page 7
s/c About 3,000 pounds.
cc I'll pass that along.
FLT The packages that the food came in, the defecation bag, the . . .
urine bag, and a lot of waste paper like that, so it shouldn't
be too heavy.
cc Roger
FLT He got the point the first time.
End of Tape
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 138, page1
This is Gemini Control, 79 hours 8 minutes into the flight, on the
51st revolution. The spacecraft just left the southeast coast of
South America and entered dark - entered another night. It will

probably be out of contact with our stations this pass. The pass will
carry it over Pertoria and Tannarive. But Tannarive's voice contact
reported up earlier has not functioned this afternoon. Then the pass
will swing up across the Indian Ocean along the China coast and back
across the Pacific. The shift is about to change again. The team led
by Gene Kranz. Many of the flight controllers are coming in now, con-
ducting the normal kind of changers shift briefing that goes on.
This is Gemini control.
EIYDOFTAPE
This is Gemini Control. It is 79 hours and 39 minutes
since Gemini 4 lifted off at Cape Kennedy last Thursday morning.
The spacecraft is now in its 51st revolution around the earth
and at the present time is over southeast Asia on the night side
of the world. We have just had a shift change here at the Mission
Control Center. Gene Kranz has again taken over as Flight
Director from Chris Kraft and his White Team has moved into the
consoles. Before leaving the Flight Surgeon console at Mission
Control Center, Dr. Charles Berry said the astronauts are in
great physical condition. At this time, in spacecraft Gemini 4
command pilot Jim McDivitt is a sleep period. Pilot Ed White
is taking pictures of the attitude control thruster plumes,
according to our flight plan. This is Gemini Control.
End of Tape.
This is Gemini control at 80 hours and 8 minutes into the four-day

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flight mission of Gemini IV. The spacecraft is on its 51 st revolution
of the earth and is now over the Pacific Ocean. As the spacecraft
passed over the Coastal Sentry Quebec our tracking ship in the Pacific
a few minutes ago pilot Ed White received directions for test that may
clear up the question as to wether or not the spacecraft computer is
functioning properly. On instructions relayed to Gemini IV from the
MCC, White turned the computer switch to OF'F Position. He then turned
on the AC power to the inertial guidance system and then again turned
the computer to ON position. He was asked to let the computer run for
approximately 90 minutes to two hours. This may warm up the switch
mechanism if it had been cold. If the test is successful~the computer
will be left on for the rest of the mission - the computer switch.
Pilot White acknowledged the message. He also reported sighting

tropical storm Victoria, located off the coast of Mexico. We will now
play back the voice tape between the Coastal Sentry Quebec and the
spacecraft. This is Gemini control.
s/c Gemini IV to CSQ, do you copy?

cc Roger. Houston request that we pass the following info to you,
regarding the computer problem. Do you copy?
s/c Roger, go ahead.

cc Roger. They report that in ground testing on spacecraft GT-2
and GT-3 the same problem was encountered and that it apparently
was caused by the computer being too cold. And Houston request
you to take the foliowing action. Do ;you copy?
s/c Roger. Copy and standing by.
cc Roger. Computer switch to OFT, AC power switch to IGS, then
computer switch to ON. Do you copy?
s/c Roger. Computer OFF, AC ON, camputer ON.
cc Roger. After about 20 minutes start punching the malfunction
light to see if it will reset and extinguish.
spc Roger. Then wait 20 minutes see if it resets and extinguish.
cc Roger.
Flight CSQ, Houston Cap Corn Houston Flight.
cc Go ahead, flight.
Flight Roger. If he doesn't get the li@t to extinguish the first
time, have him keep doing it at intervals of 5 to 10 minutes.
cc Gemini IV, if the malfunction light doesnot retset the first

time, keep turning it at intervals of 5 to 10 minutes.
s/c Roger. If it doesn't reset the first time, try at intervals

of 5 to 10 minutes.
cc Roger.
s/c If we get that thing running again do you want us to leave it

on operate?
cc Roger. It will be left on for the rest of the flight.
s/c Seems like a good idea to me.
cc Say again.
s/c
L 1L
s/c That sounds like a pretty good idea to me.
cc Roger. .!l%is is an attempt to get the computer warmed up and
also recharge the ACW which is probably run down at this time
s/c Roger. Understand . . .
cc Roger. All systems look good on the ground and that is all
we have unless you have something else to report.

sighting of
s/c Report to the W men the/tropical storm Victoria, the clouds
and outer extremities . . . that we passed over . . . .
s/c . . . command pilot . .
cc Say again about command pilot.
s/c The command pilot is retiring for the evening.
cc Roger.
s/c . . .
cc Roger. (Jell1 be seeing you next pass.
s/c Roger. Thank you very much.
cc Roger
Flight CSQ Cap Corn Houston Flight

cc Go ahead flight.
Flight Roger. Tuck did he ever get your TX?
END OF TAPE
This is Gemini Control at 81 hours 21 minutes into the mission. Gemini IV
is on its 52nd revolution around the earth and is now over China. The
apogee of our revolution is approximately 161 statute miles, the perigee
is about 98 statute miles. As Gemini IV passed the Rose Knot Victor
tracking ship in the Pacific, a short while ago, pilot Ed White advised
that the computer light switch is still on. Indicating we still have
the computer problem. Rose Knot Victor ship personnel reported they
were able to see the spacecraft as it passed over their station on the
night side. We will now play back the voice transmission tape made
during that pass. This is Gemini Control.
Flight Hawaii, Cap Corn Houston flight.

cc Go flight.
Flight Roger. Will you query the astronaut and see if he has attempted
to powerup the computer as we indicated over the CSQ?
cc Roger, will do.

cc Gemimi, Gemini IV, Hawaii Cap Corn.
s/c Come in Hawaii, Gemini IV.

cc Roger, we would like to find out if you tried the procedure
that was given you over CSQ on your computer.
S/C Affirmative, the procedure was given me 10 minutes ago and I
have 10 more minutes to wait till I try to reset.

Flight We heard that Hawaii.
cc Roger, Gemini TV we heard that.
S/C How is everything down there?

cc You are looking good here Gemini IV.
s/c Roger. We are all fine up here.
,.
L i - - &
cc Roger.
cc Gemini IV, RKV CaP\ Corn.
s/c . . . . garbled
cc Roger. We are showing the indication here on the ground of
the computer being in a prelaunch mode. We are also showing

a malf'unction indication. How does it look up there?
s/c . . . . and I have been unable to reset it.
cc Roger, flight advised that it may take a little while and
continue attempting to reset it during this rev.
s/c Roger. Will do.
cc’ All of your systems look good here on the ground. We will
stand by for the rest of this pass.
s/c Roger. They are.all good up here, also.
cc Roger.
s/c Flight, we have an indication of a valid pos on the computer
do you want a summary? Onboard computer summary?
Flight Roger, go ahead.
s/c Okay, we are sending it now. We are showing in indication of
FEP lagging by 5 minutes here on the ground. Could you give me
a readout on ground elapsed time, please.
Flight Roger. Ground elapsed time on my MARKwill be 80 hours 30 minutes.

21MARK. 80 hours 30 minutes.
s/c Roger, thank you. We are a little off here. Thats about a 2 second
error in SET
* . .
Flight Roger.
s/c TR is right on.
Flight Roger'.
s/c We are showing a fluctation in AC voltage. It's fluctating
between 26.8 and 27.3.
Flight Roger.
s/c Local printout on the data on the computer looks pretty good
from here.
Flight Say again.
s/c We made a local printout of the onboard computer and it looks
pretty good from here.
Flight Okay.
ERDOFTAPE
This is Gemini Control. Che Gemini Iv spacecraft passed over the

Coastal Sentry \Quebec tracking ship in the Pacific Ocean a few minutes
ago. 'Ihe spacecraft is 81 hours 41 minutes into its mission and on
its 52nd revolution of the earth. Coastal Sentry Quebec flight controlleri
advised pilot Ed White to leave the computer switch in the ON position
and said it might take a few revolutions to "lineup". The tracking

ship also advised Ed White that the spacecraft looked in GO position
from the ground. White replied all systems are CC here, also. We will
now play back that voice tape.
cc Gemini IV, CSQ Cap Com. Do you copy?
s/c Co ahead CSQ, Gemini IV.
cc Roger. Flight advises it may take several orbits for your

computer to come on line. Would like for you to leave the
computer in the prelaunch mode and then will advise you later.
s/c Roger, I understand. Leave it in the prelaunch mode.

cc Roger. The ground will follow trend data and advise you
later.
s/c Roger, I understand.

cc He advised also, that you have a critical tape dump over Hawaii
and also a medical pass.
s/c Roger, I understand.

cc That's in about 7 or 8 minutes.
SIC Roger.
cc Also we have a new computation on your orbit. Perigee 85.3
Apogee 139 with a three day life time.
s/c I understand, 85 a;d 139.
cc Roger.
cc Gemini IV, give us your quantity read switch for about 15 seconds.
s/c Roger
cc Roger, we've got it.

Okay we've got your quantity.
s/c Quantity off.
cc All systems look Go down here.
s/c Good, they are all good up here, also.
cc Roger.
ETNDOFTAPE
cc Gemini IV, Hawaii Cap corn.. We have your temperature. You
can start your blood pressure and stand by for our surgeon.
s/c Roger, coming right up. We are dumping blood.
cc Roger, I have a radar track, okay.
Gemini IV, Hawaiian surgeon.
s/c Go ahead Hawaii, Gemini IV.
cc We are having some difficulty recording blood pressure on the
ground but the data is being remoted to Houston. We will try

it once more.
s/c Roger, pumping it up. Full scale.

cc Houston flight, this is Hawaii Cap Corn.
Flight Go Hawaii.
cc Are you receiving our blood pressure there.
Flight Affirmative
cc Roger, we are not copying it here on the ground.

Flight Okay, I'll-tell you when its full scale, if you need it.
. -
cc Okay, we have a valid blood pressure, standing by for exercise
on your MARK.
cc We can handle that flight.
Flight Okay
s/c MARK.
Flight Hawaii your biamed data is excellent.
Tape143, page 2
cc Roger.
cc Flight, Hawaii we are experiencing dropout on TM.
Flight Roger, we are experiencing dropouts on your data back here too.
cc Modulation on dump is still coming through good though.
Flight Roger.
cc Gemini IV, Hawaiian surgeon be advised we had telemetry dropout
and may have missed your second blood pressure. Have you
transmitted yet?
s/c Roger, I've transmitted.
cc Roger, would you give us one more, please.
s/c Roger, coming up. Cot a full scale.
cc I;ooks like this will be a good one. Standing by for your food,
water and sleep report. ,i
s/c Roger. I started on the meal 1 of day 4, I've had about 8 swallows
of water. I slept about an hour and a half this last 4 hours.
cc Roger, was it good sleep?
s/c It was a good sound sleep and I don't feel that I require any
more.,
cc Roger, thank you Gemini IV. Back to Hawaii Cap cam.
s/c Roger
cc Gemini IV, Hawaii Cap Com. I have a D-9 update for you. When
you are ready to copy.
cc Gemini IV, Hawaii Cap Com.
Gemini TV, Hawaii Cap Com

Tape 143, Page 3
s/c Go ahead Hawaii, Gemini IV.
cc Roger> I have a D-9 update for you when ever you are ready
to copy.
s/c Roger, ready to go.

cc Apollo run 4. Your start time 00:02:45. Stop time 00: 03:2~
Did you copy, over?
s/c Roger, understand. Apollo run 4, 00:02:45, 00:03:21

Flight Hawaii, those are hours and minutes as given.
Hawaii Cap Corn, Houston Flight.
cc Go, Hawaii.
Flight Roger, those times were incorrect. They are hours and minutes.
cc Roger.
cc Gemini IV, Hawaii, Cap Com.
s/c Go ahead, Gemini IV
cc Roger, those times I gave you were in error. That is 02 hours

45 minutes for your start time. 03 hours 21 minutes for your
Stop time.
s/c Roger, 02 45 and 03 21. I copied them also.

cc Roger.
s/c I've been advised by last MSC that I passed through the anomalie.
I didn't feel I had a good dial referencesmall-end-forward
on
I'm going to repeat with my small-end-forward/this run to be
sure we have a good run. I'll do a modified version of the
Apollo Number 4.
Tape 143, page 4
Hawaii, Cap Com standing by. Everything looks good on the
ground.
Flight Stu you can tell him his coolant temperatures are ccxning up
some what so we are optimistic about being able to get this
computer on line.
Gemini IV, Hawaii Cap Com. E!e advised your coolant temperatures
are coming up and do we do feel optimistic about your computer
problem. Did you copy Gemini’IV?

Flight I think he did Hawaii.
cc Roger, flight. Did you copy on the experiment, the MSC

experiment.
Flight Roger. He says he is going to do a modified version of same.

cc Roger.
End of Tape
This is Gemini Control. Our Spacecraft Gemini IV is now over the

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east coast of South America on its 53rd revolution over the earth.
Ground elapsed time is now 82 hours and 11 minutes since lift-off.
A short while ago the spacecraft passed over the Rose Knot Victor,
Par 'f
our tracking ship off the east coast of .%ru. Pilot Ed White was
advised that Pegasus satellite would pass over the spacecraft at a
slant range of approximately 300 statute miles, as he approaches

the Coastal Sentry Quebec tracking ship in the Pacific Ocean. White
acknowledged the data and reported that command pilot Jim McDivitt
is still asleep. He said the computer light will now blink off when
the switch is pressed but does come back on. Flight director Gene
Kranz intevets as a sign that the warm up test will square the
sys tern away. We will now play back the voice transmission made as
the spacecraft passed over the tracking ship. This is Gemini control.
cc Gemini IV, Gemini IV, RKV Cap Com.
S/C . . . Gemini IV.

cc Roger, we are showing the pumps on in both loops on the ground.
Is that correct?
s/c Roger, I turned the secondary pump on (garbled)

cc Roger.
s/c Do you have any . . . .

cc Say again.
S/C . . . Garbled
Tape 144,Page 2
cc I do not understand, say again, please.

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s/c Roger. Hawaii was trying to give me some type of message
concerning the . . . system when we had elapsed. Do you
have that message for me.
cc Roger, we sure do. Indications are that the system is beginning
to warm up somewhat and that we feel the computer will come on
before long.
Flight Roger, have him turn the secondary loop back off, please.
cc Roger, would you turn the secondary loop back off, please.
s/c Say again, please.
cc Roger, would you turn the secondary loop off again, please.
s/c Secondary loop OFF.
cc Roger. I have a Pegasus update for you.
s/c Alright, go ahead.
cc Roger. That's Pegasus will be on the horizon, light of flight
near CSQ, your 53rd rev. If you track in pitch you will be
in 90 degrees pitch up. G.m.t. 02 hours 28'minutes. Slant
range 268 nautical miles. Do you copy?
s/c Roger. I understand Pegasus is my 53rd rev, near the CSQ area
090 vertical, and 02 28.

cc Roger, slant range 268 nautical miles.
s/c Roger, 268 nautical .
Flight Okay, less get that repress valve, RKV.
cc Roger. We are showing approximately 950 pounds on your oxygen.

Tape 144, page 3
Would you turn the repress on and run that primary oxygen pressure
down, please.
s/c Glad to.

cc Will you bring it on down to about 850?
s/c I would rather not right now. The command pilot is sleeping
and I don't have him suited up the flight helmet.
cc What do you think flight?

Flight I didn't read that.
cc White says the command pilot is sleeping and he isn't suited
up and he doesn't want to bring it down too far.
Flight Okay. That's dealers choice.

cc Roger, we concur.
cc Gemini IV would you attempt another recheck on that computer
malfunction.
s/c . . .
cc Roger
cc This is RKV standing by. We have about.3 minutes left.
Gemini IV, RKV standing by. We have about 3 minutes left.
s/c RKV, thank you.

cc Everything looks good here from the ground.
Flight RKV, Gemini IV is calling 'you.
cc Gemini IV, RKV.
s/c Roger (garbled)
cc Roger, thank you. We saw you during the last pass.
END OF TAPE
I
This is Gemini. control. It has been approximately 30 minutes since

we had voice communication with the Gemini IV spacecraft. Since
that time it has been out of range of our tracking stations. At
present is over the Indian Ocean and the next voice contact will be
established over the Pacific with the Coastal Sentry Quebec tracking
ship. We are now in the 53 revolution and the spacecraft is coming

up into a sunrise. At the present time we are approximately 17:13
hours fram the termination of this four day mission. This is Gemini
Control.
End of Tape
This is Gemini Control. After 83 hours and 14 minutes of
flight, the spacecraft Gemini 4 is now over the Pacific Ocean
on its fifty-third revolution and heading for South America.
Passing over the Coastal Sentry Quebec tracking ship, we
had voice contact with the flight crew, our first in approxi-
mately one hour. While out of voice contact, Pilot Ed White
was busy,according to the Flight Plan with vardous experiments
including the measurement of radiation both on the inside and
\ the outside of the spacecraft. He uses sensors to get this data.
Ed also was supposed to eat a meal during this time period.

I
In the Mission Control Center, our flight controllers took
advantage of this lapse of voice communication to take a hasty
meal. We will now play back the voice tape of this voice
conversation between the spacecraft and the Coastal Sentry
Quebec tracking ship. This is Gemini Control._
cc Gemini 4, CSQ Cap Corn. Be advised of your tracking
stations. Do not exceed 4S" pitch. We've got a critical
tape dump. If you are not tracking Pegasus, please go to
critical tape dump attitude. Please advise. Gemini 4, CSQ.
Do you copy? Gemini 4, CSQ. Do you copy?
S/C CSQ, Gemini 4.
cc Are you tracking Pegasus?

S/C Just a minute.
CC OK. We've got a critical tape dump. Are you in attitude?
S/k It'll be a little hard to track Pegasus and be in attitude.
What do you want me to do?
cc Don't exceed 4S" pitch. We want the tape dump.
S/C Roger. Understand. If I track data from the Pegasus,
I've got to get up to 90.
CC OK. We want the tape dump, so okit Pegasus.
S/C Roger.
cc Lst me know when you're in attitude.
S/C Roger. Gemini 4 is in attitude.
cc Roger. I have an orbital map update for you.
S/C I understand. Let me know when you‘ve got the tape and
I'll go back up to tracking.
cc Roger. Will do.
Flt Chuck, let him go track. Let him go track.
cc Say again, Flight.
Flt Tell him to start tracking. If he had an acquisition,
have him start tracking Pegasus.
cc I didn't copy, Flight. Say again.
_ ‘ __~.. .
. -
Flt Tell him to start tracking Pegasus if he sees it.
cc Gemini 4, CSQ. Have you spotted Pegasus?
S/C Negative. I haven't got the attitude. If my time for
the pass isn't finished when I get my tape dumped, I‘ll get
back up.
cc Will do. OK. Your map update: ascending node red 53,
longitude 3S" East at 01 hours 51 minutes.
S/C Roger. Understand. Longitude 35OEast at 01 hours
51 minutes.
cc Roger. Would you reset your malfunction light?
S/C Roger. I've tried to reset it quite a few times. It
has--to be reset.
cc Roger. I also have some CLA and PLA updates, if you'd
care to copy. I'll give you just one and let RKV pass the
rest to give you a chance to go back to ,tracking.
S/C Roger. Got it.
cc Roger. 54 Delta. 86 01 + 49. 03 02 14 10 + 36.
S/C Roger. Got it. Have you got my tape?
cc We're still receiving modulations. Stand by. Go ahead,
Gemini 4. We shall track the Pegasus. Gemini 4, CSQ. Do
you copy? Gemini 4, CSQ. Do you copy?
.
S/C Roger. We copy.
cc Roger. We've completed tape dump. Houston Flight, CSQ.

.
Flt Co, CSQ.
CC OK. We've got all the tape dumped, and I'm watching
his pulse attitude maneuver system. He's evidently gone
back to track.
Flt OK.
cc I've passed up the 54 Delta and that's all.
Flt Roger.
cc We got about three seconds off on the malfunction light.
Fit Three seconds off?
cc Yeah, about three seconds.
Fit Roger.
cc All other systems appear to be OK. Get all of that,
Flight?
Fit Roger.
End of tape
’ i
lhis is Gemini Control, 83 hours and 39 minutes of accumulated flight
time. The Gemini IV spacecraft is now over Argentina, near Brumas Aries
We are just starting the 54th revolution. Passing over the Rose Knot
Victor tracking ship off the west coast of Peru a few moments ago,
voice communication was ruled out so that pilot Ed White could complete
a space navigation experiment using the sextant. Command pilot Jim
McDivitt is still in his sleep period. The Rose Knot Victor reported
that everything looked good from its position and that the computer
malfunction light is still on. This is Gemini Control.
ENDOFTAPE
This is Gemini,Control. After 84 hours and 10 minutes of flight

the Gemini IV spacecraft is passing over Africa on its 54th revolution.
Approximately 30 minutes has elapsed since our last voice communication
with the crew. Meanwhile the check of the MCC consoles shows that
our flight mission is in a GO condition at this time. Dr. Daune
Catterson reports the pilots are in very good condition physically.
The medical data is coming in solid, via telemetry from the space-
craft. The flight crew is catching up on their sleep and are eating
and drinking to the satisfaction of the medical personnel. Gemini IV

spacecraft systems are all GO according to Flight Director Gene
Kranz. The only deviation from the normal is the malfunction indicator
in the onboard computer. Our flight controllers are still working on
that problem. '&is is Gemini Control.
ENDOFTAPE
This is Gemini . Control, 84 hours and 45 minutes have elapsed since
the Gemini IV spacecraft left its launch pad on June 3, at Cape
Kennedy. It is now on its 54th revolution and is over the Pacific
Ocean. We are now approximately 12 hours 54 minutes from the time
this flight will terminate. Our recovery controllers report the
landing point of Gemini IV will be at 27 degrees 29 minutes north
latitude and 73 degrees 25 minutes west longitude. This is 140 miles
due west from the initial impact prediction. This change ,is due from
the slight and expected variation in the actual insertion conditions
during launch and in the expected variations in the ground track,
Retrofire is scheduled to commence at 16 hours 56 minutes 1 second G.m.t.

With splashdown 17 minutes later in the Atlantic Ocean. At this time
our prime recovery vessel in the Atlantic, the aircraft carrier
USS Wasp is steaming toward that landing point. It's estimated time
of arrival there is 0800 G.m.t. That will be at 2 a.m. Monday, Central
Standard Time. We will now play back the latest voice tape between the
Coastal Sentry Quebec, our tracking station in the Pacific and the
Gemini IV spacecraft. This is Gemini Control
cc Gemini IV, CSQ Cap Corn, Do you copy?
s/c Roger, CSQ, Gemini IV, read you loud and clear.
cc Roger, we have some' CIA and TLA data. Will you prepare to
COPY?
. . .
TV 149, page 2
s/c . . . prepared to copy.
cc Roger. Area 55 de\lta. 82 01 + 44 04 34 10 9 + 57. Area 55-3
. . . burn 55 aft 109 forward. 1.31 2 + 17. 05 140
02 + 33 @3+ 57 How is it going?
s/c . . .
cc Did you copy the last?
s/c . . .
cc Roger. Area 56 delta. 81 1+42 06 06 36 9 + 11 13 + 39 did you
get that one?
s/c Roger
cc 96 bravo split burn 55 forward 106 aft l+ 31 2 + 15

06 57 55 6 +42 Area 57 Bravo split burn 55 forward 103 aft
1 1 + 31 2 + lo 08 27 38 7 + 22 a0 YOU COPY?
s/c Roger
cc Roger Area 57-2 86 l+ 49 07 42 52 7 f I2 ll + 52 58-2
s/c Go ahead
cc 58-2 94 1 + 59 09 16 42 5 + 49 10 + 41. Area 58 bravo split burn
55 forward 91 aft. 1 + 31 1 + 54 10 00 10 g + 03
s/c Go ahead
cc Area 59-2 104 2 + 12 10 50 54 4 + 26 9 + 45 Do you copy?
s/c Roger.
cc Roger. We are reading 960 on your primary O2 pressure. You
might watch that.

Tape 149, page 3
S/C Roger. . . . Would you give me the first reading again.
You came garbled.

.
cc Roger. The first reading - 55 delta 82 1 + 44 04 34 10
9 + 57.
s/c Roger and then the next one 55-3
cc ma-t was 55 ah delta, 55 delta. Do you copy?
Gemini CSQ did you copy that?
End of tape
This is Gemini Control. The spacecraft Gemini 4 is
now off the west coast of Chile, just north of Santiago.
It is beginning it's fifty-fifth revolution at 85 hours
and ten minutes ground elapsed time. While passing over
the Canton Island tracking station a few minutes ago,
Pilot Ed White reported he had completed the D9 space
navigation experiment using the sextant to make star-to-
horizon and star-to-star measurements. He also reported
he had not been successful in an attempt to track the
Pegasus satellite over the Pacific Ocean. Command Pilot
Jim McDivitt is nearing the end of his sleep period. This
is Gemini Control.
End of tape
cc ....
Flt Say again, RKV.
cc Say again.
Flt Say again your.J.aSt, RKV.
cc Roger. We have no running light on the computer, and
we do have malfunction light.
Flt Roger.
cc Gemini 4. Gemi,ni 4. This is RKV Cap Corn.
S/C Roger. RKV Cap Corn.
cc Gemini 4. Gemini 4. This is RKV Cap Corn. We want to

take a check on your computer malfunction during this pass.
We would like to have yepl-depress it and hold it for five
seconds. Give me a mark at the beginning and at the end.
S/C Roger. Will do. Mark.
cc Roger. Thank you. We'll be standing by on the next pass
for medical type one on the command pilot if he is awake. The

time of that will be approximately 05 hours 58 minutes.
S/C Roger. 05 58.
Flt RKV Cap Corn. Houston Flight.
cc Got you, Flight.

Flt Roger. Will you have him stand by for voice remoting'
over Kano this pass. That should be about 20 ....
S/C RKV. This is Gemini 4.
cc Gemini 4. RKV.
S/C You might find out if they want to get a type one medical
pass on the pilot. we'll be going to sleep in a little bit.
cc Roger. 1'11 check that now. Flight, did you copy?
Flt OK. Go ahead if he wants to.
cc Roger. We're not going to have time during this rev, I
don't think, for it.

.
Fit RKV Cap Corn. Houston Flight.
cc Flight. RKV.
Fit Roger. I think he meant if the command pilot didn't
wake up, did we want a type one on the pilot next pass: and
that's affirmative.
cc Roger. We'll do that. Gemini 4. This is RKV. That's
affirmative. If the command pilot is not awake, we'll take
a type one on the pilot..,
S/C Roger. Do you want that on the next rev or now?
cc Roger. That'11 be on the next rev.
_ , ,~ ..-.._.- . . .._.I,
S/C Roger. If I am asleep then, the command pilot will
do.
.
cc Roger. Do you want to give us a blood pressure on
this one?
S/C Roger. I've started temperature, so I'll start working
on the blood pressure.
cc Roger. You're at full scale. Flight, we had a short
drop out on our dump TM.
Fit Roger.
cc You're at full scale. That's a good blood pressure.
Can you give me your report?
S/C Roger. ....
cc RKV surgeon. Roger. Good report. Thank you.
End of tape
This is Gemini\ Control. Spacecraft Gemini IV is now 85 hours and 46
46 minutes into its mission. At the present time it is over the
Nile river in Egypt. In a voice c ommunication with the Can6 Nigeria
tracking station, a remote conversation between the Houston Mission
Control Flight Director and Spacecraft communicator. Roger Chaffe

our spacecraft communicator relayed instructions to the pilot, Ed White.
Gave him a preliminary instructions for landing Gemini IV spacecraft
at the end of 63 revolutions. The instructions that he passed on were

for a Mercury type descent. !Bis was a preliminary instruction and this
may be updated later. Ed White reported that he is ready for D-9
tracking exercises on his next revolution, revolution 56 and he got

a start time from the ground station. This is Gemini control.
End of tape
E
This is Gemini cbntrol at 86 hours and 9 minutes into the 4-day flight
mission. Our spacecraft now on its 55 th revolution around the earth

is passing the Pacific Ocean. We have a weather report from the re-
covery area. there are waves of 3 to 4 feet. Visibility is good and
winds are east southeast at 15 knots. There are widely scattered
showers in this area. The prime recovery vessel USS Wasp is on its
way to the predicted impact point which is located at 27 degrees 29 minutes
north latitude and 73 degrees 25 minutes west longitude. !l%e Wasp

is expected to reach this area at 0800 Grenwich time. That will be
2 a.m. Monday, Central standard time. Due to the indicated malfunction
in the onboard computer Mission Director Chris Kraft is readying for
a zero lift type reentry. The flight crew has been given preliminary
retrofire instructions for this reentry. This is Gemini Control.
End of Tape
This is Gemini Control, after 86 hours and 39 minutes of flight. There
are just about 11 hours remaining before the end of our mission. The
Gemini IV will soon be passing over the Rose Knot Victor tracking
ship located off the west coast of Peru. The Rose Knot Victor will
take a telemetry data relay from the spacecraft. Gemini IV is about
to start the 56th revolution of the earth. Spacecraft commander
Jim McDivitt is ending his sleep period and pilot Ed White will begin
one. Our flight surgeon here in the Mission Control Center is highly
pleased with the physical condition of our flight crew throughout this
mission. This is Gemini Control.
ENDOFTAPE
This is Gemini Control, 87 hours 9 minutes after lift-off. The
Gemini IV spacecraft is now passing the north sector of the Serrai
Desert, south of Bengosie, Libia, on the 56th revolution. T%e

spacecraft is on a track that will take it over Northern India,
Viet Nam, Philipine Islands and New Geluiia. This is Gemini Control.
END OF WE.
MissionCommentary Transcript Tape 156, page 1
The Gemini IV spacecraft

. is now over the Canary Islands tracking
station and during this pass the Canary spacecraft communicator
is now discussing with the crew some of the orbital track updates
as well as some of the tests being conducted with the onboard computer.
We hope to have a tape on this momentarily. This is Gemini Control.
ENDOFTAPE
This is GeminixControl, 88 hours 47 minutes after lift-off. We

now have a tape recording of the pass over Canary Island tracking
station, just completed. The tape follows. 'Ihis is Gemini Control.
cc Gemini IV Canary Cap Com.
cc Roger, everything still looks good from here except the
computer. I have a map update for you.
s/c Okay, standby just a minute.
Flight Get the results of the tests first, Canaries.
cc Roger. Gemini IV, Canary Cap Corn. Disregard we will get the
I'd like to get the results of the computer first.
s/c Roger, nothing happened. I - when I put something in the
IVI. . .(garbled)
M's just as they were. It's impossible to put anything in
through the SQIU and when go turn the computer power off and
comeback on it the reset . . . I still get the malfunction
light back on in a second or two.
cc Roger, I understand. You put the M's in and nothing happened.
Nothing could go in through the MDIU. When you tried turning it

off you still got your malfunction lights back and nothing
happened when you started . . .
S/C That's affirmative.

Tape 157, page 2
Flight Okay Canary, carry on.
cc Roger. Here is your map update when you are ready.
s/c Okay, go ahead.

cc We are on rev 56, longitude at 33 degrees west at G.m.t. 06: 17: 00.
s/c Roger, thank you.
s/c I tell you Canaries I think our computer died when we turned
the power off and the switch back on.
cc Say again.
s/c I sag I think our computer died when we turned the power
off with the switch stuck in the ON position.

cc I think everybody else is thinking the same thing.
END OF TAPE
Gemini IV spacecraft is now crossing the islands of Barneo and

Celebes on a track that will pass over the Austrialian cities of
Darwin and Townsville in the 57th revolution. Gemini IV's retrofire
will occur some 8 hours and 30 minutes from now, at the end of the
62nd revolution. The landing point of the spacecraft will be at
27 degrees 29 minutes north latitude by 73 degrees 25 minutes west
longitude or 430 statute miles east of Cape Kennedy and 590 statute miles
southwest of Bermuda at the beginning of the 63rd revolution. The prime
recovery vessel the carrier Wasp was estimated to arrive at the landing
point at 2 a.m. Central Standard Time, 25 minutes ago. This is
Gemini control.
ENDOFTAPE

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Gemini IV spacecraft nearing the end of the 57th revolution is now
in mid Pacific on a track that will pass over the South American
cities Yskiel, Columbia and Caracus Venezuela. At the start of
the 58th revolution the spacecraft will be in brief contact
with two stateside ground stations before establishing contact with
the Canary Islands. This is Gemini Control.
END OF TAPE
This is Gemini Control, 9O'hours 9 minutes after lift-off. The Gemini IV
spacecraft is n&w in radio telemetry and radar tracking range of the
Canary Islands tracking station early in the 58 th revolution. Within

the next 6 to 8 minutes Gemini IV will pass directly over the North
African cities of Tripoli and Bengasi. During the pass over the
tracking ship Rose Knot Victor, at the end of the last revolution
telemetry readouts indicated that all spacecraft systems were GO.
And that the medical readout showed that the crew was also GO. Cabin
pressure was 5.2 pounds per square inch. We have a tape of the just
completed pass over the stateside statinns. The tape follows. This
is Gemini control.
Flight Gemini IV, Gemini IV, this is Houston Cap Corn, over.
s/c Hello Houston, this is Gemini IV.
Flight Roger, hello there Jim. We'd like a prop quantity readout,
please.
s/c Roger. Propellant quantity readout, Just a minute.

It looks like about 48 percent.
Flight Roger, I understand 48 percent. There will be no medical
data passed at Canaries this time around. No medical data
passed at Canaries.
S/C Okay.
Flight And I've got a change to this Apollo landmark you've got coming
up this rev.
Tape 160, page 2
s/c Roger, standby a minute. ,Okay, go ahead.
Flight Okay. You can change - delete sequence 12 and sequence 14.
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You will be on this orbit, orbit 58 at time 09:40:22. Minus
6 degrees yaw and minus 30 degrees pitch.
s/c Okay. It will be sequence number 14 at 09:40:22, minus 6 and
minus 30.
Flight Roger and understand that will be a sleep during this time,
is that correct?
s/c 'Ihat's correct.
Flight Okay and we want to just advise you to use all the film you'll -
this is your last experiment. Use all the film you have at
your option and Jim is here and we would like to discuss
this reentry with you a little bit. One other thing, Jim,
we have increased the lifetime of your aft thrusters to
131 ft/sec and you will see no split burns on OAMSretro.
s/c Very good, very good. I was wondering what you were going
to do about that.
Flight We've been holding on to that for awhile. Thought we'd
surprise you. Here is Jim.
Gemini IV this is Shaky here.
s/c Hello there, Shaky here, how are.

Flight Fine. What is your feelings on a roll in reentry versus a
90 degree bank angle? We are recommending

rollin here,
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_, . -.., .1 ~. -. . _..“.._ . --_ .-- .._. .*.. _. _

Tape 160, page 3
s/c Yeah, it's not very imaginative but it gets the job done so
why don't we go ahead with it.
Flight Roger,'here is the format which we will send up to you for

a rollin reentry. We will give you the delta V and delta T
for your OAMSburn. We will give you the CMTRC. We will give
you a RET of .O>g. And then you will also get the RET
of drogue, of main and of landing. Your procedure will be
at retro to go/&l1 left, heads down. At the R?3Tof Ogg
you will go into a 15 degree roll rate. When you reach
100,000, when the altimeter comes off the peg, go to full

left. How does that sound to you Jim.
.
s/c I think I blocked part of you out. Right at retrofire we go
to full left, and at .05g or that time we go to15 degree per
second and at 100, 000 we go to full left again.
Fli@t That's right. The only difference between the format before
is that instead of the RET of 400,000 would give you @g RET

when you start your roll rate.
s/c Okay, that sounds good.
Flight This will give you a trim angle into the atmosphere, a-roll
rate and then a full left at 100,OO again for your drogue and
main deploy.
SIC Okay, very good.

Flight Shades of Mercury, Jim.
s/c I was going to say, I bet you Flight Directors were thinking
up this one. That's what I say, not very imaginative but
Tape 160, page 4
I guess it gets the job done.
Flight Roger.
I have a bet with 'your wife that you will get within 5 miles,
now you have got to hold up my end here.
s/c Lucky, I'm going to try to hold u-p my end too.

Remember when I said we'd never make a closed looper.
Flight Does look like we'll make one on this time.
s/c Yeah.
Flight Hay Jim, we are still going to pass you your updates for 60
through 64 4 with the bank angles in, just the same as we have
been passing them, with exception of 63.1.
s/c That's affirmative. Don't change those . . the final one
Flight Roger. That will come up just as it has been coming up and
you will get them at Canaries.
s/c Okay.
Flight Jim, what is your general physical condition? Are you feeling
pretty tired now or you pretty good?
s/c No, I'm pretty sleepy and tired and I suspect Ed probably is
too.
Flight Right 0. I understand you are pretty sleepy and tired.
s/c Roger.
Flight We are going to try to hold off the last couple orbits just to
prepare for the reentry.
s/c Yea, it's going to take us about 3 or 4 hours just to get
all this stuff packed.

Flight Right 0.
Tape 160, page 5
Flight Gem+ IV this is Houston. It looks like you are going to have
good weather in the reentry - in the splash area.
ENDOFTAPE
Mission Commentary Transcript Taps 161, page 1
This is Gemini,Control, 90 hours 21 minutes after lift-off, We now
have a tape of the recent pass by Gemini IV over the Canary Island
Tracking Station. Let's listen to that tape now. This is Gemini Control
c/c! Hello Canary, Gemini IV.
cc Roger. I have 10 retro updates for you.
s/c Okay, go.

cc 60-1, 9.2, 1+57, 12, 1254, 6 +oO, 10+51, 61-1, 104, 2+11, 134806
.4+23, 940, 62-1 113, 2+23,152205, 3+16, lot48, 63-1 127, 2+40
165557, 2+25, 15 degree/set roll, 64-4 101, 2+07, 194130, 4+27
9+43, 59 bravo 105 2+13, 113244, ~~18, 60 bravo, l-20, 2+32,
130556, 101-58, 61 bravo, 93 1+58, 144502, 11+04, 62 bravo,
85, 1+47, 161808, 10+2g, 63 bravo, 82, 01+44, 174843, 10+07,
and that's it. Do you have it?
s/c We got 'em.

cc You are still looking good and we,are standing by.
s/c Okay. '

Canary, Gemini IV here again.
cc Go ahead.
s/c I'd like to have you remind Houston Flight Director that
we're not going to be able to readout any AV's we are just
going to have to do the . . . on time.

cc Roger, will do.
s/c Okay.
r r- .- r
Tape 161, page 2
cc Iiouston Fli&t, Canary Cap Com, did you copy?
Flight Canary this is ITouston Cap Corn, ruger we got that. We

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understand.
END OF TAPE
Mission Commentary Transcript gape 162, page 1
This is Gemini control, 90 hours 39 minutes after lift-off. The

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Gemini IV spacecraft is now passing South of the city of Gecarta in
the Indian - Indian Esin Island group in the 58th revolution. The
spacecraft will be within voice range with the Carnarvon, Australia
tracking station in about 7 minutes from now. It is unlikely that
there will be too much conversation between the crew of Gemini IV

and the Carnarvon during this brief pass. This is Gemini Control.
ENDOFWE
This is Gemini Control, 91 hours and 1 minute after liftoff. We now have
a tape recording of the pass over the Carnarvon tracking station in
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the 58th revolution. Let's hear that tape new. Lbis is Gemini control.
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Corn, Over.
s/c Carnarvon, Gemini IV.
cc Okay, you are looking good here on the ground, how are you
doing?
s/c Very fine up here.
cc Roger.
s/c Hey, I finally saw you in the daylight.
cc Do you see the ground?
s/c Yes, I can see the ground new and I can say it is - quite flat.
cc Roger, how does the weather look over the whole coast?
s/c Well let's see. I don't know which way I'm pointing right
now. Looks pretty good along the coast.
cc How much ground do you see? .
s/c . . . Let me just fly along here and I will tell you.
cc Roger.
s/c I got the sunshine now and I can't see anything.
cc Okay.
cc Flight, Carnarvon
Flight Go ahead. Go ahead Carnarvon.
CC Okay. We are showing 40 degrees on the radiator titlet.

Tape 163, page 2
And the AC control valve is showing 43.5. He's on the sunny
side. It should get down when he gets over the darkness. We
don't want to turn on the secondary loop. You c,oncur?
Flight Stand by.

AfYirmative, do not turn on the secondary loop.
cc Roger.
Flight How does everything else look Ed.
CC He looks real fine, he sounds real good.
Flight Roger. .
CC He just saw Australia on the ground for the first time since
the .mission started.
Flight We read that.
ENDOFTAPE
This is Gemini,Control, 91 hours 10 minutes after lift-off. ?he
Gemini IV spacecraft now in the Mid Pacific on a track that will pass
over Costa Rica and Haiti as i-t begins its 59th revolution. During
the pass over the Carnarvon, Australia tracking station, earlier in
the 58th revolution the crew remarked that they saw Australia for
the first time during the mission, Up to now it has been pretty
well covered by clouds. !Ihis is Gemini Control,
ENDOFTAPE

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Gemini IV spacecraft at the beginning of the 59th revolution has
just entered voice telemetry range of the Canary Island tracking
station and is now nearing the Madeira Island. During the pass over
the North American Stations the spacecraft c ommunicator in Mission
Control here passed to the crew of Gemini IV, orbital track information
as well as instructions for the command pilot to waken the pilot and
get a couple hours sleep himself before the time of the landing, some
6 hours from now. This is Gemini control.

End of tape
This is Gemini control, 91 hours 44 minutes after lift-off. We now
have a tape recording of the recent pass over the stateside tracking
network which we will now play back for you. This is Gemini control.
s/c Go ahead Houston, Gemini IV.
Flight Roger, Jim. We'd like your quantity read switch on for
about 15 seconds and I have a map update if you are ready
to copy.
s/c Okay, go ahead with the map update.
Flight Okay, at the end of rev 59, ascenting mode longitude 124 degrees
west. G.m. t. 12: 10: 00.
s/c Okay. I.24 west and 12:lO:OO.
Flight That's affirm and Jim, we recommend down here that you
go ahead and wake up Ed and try and get about 2 or 2 l/2
hours sleep yourself until an elapsed time of about
94 hours. This will give you about 3 l/2 to 3 hours
45 minutes prior to retro. From 94 on, over.
s/c Okay. I 've still got an hour or so of sleep here, I think.
I just dozed around the dark side. I'm getting a little

here and there.
Flight Well we talked a lot about it and it looks like Ed is getting
some pretty good sleep and we would like to see youget about
I .“.. - _
Tape 166;page 2
at least 2 hours sleep or 2 l/2 prior to getting ready for

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retro. Over.
s/c Roger, will do.
Flight We have got acquisition for about another 6 minutes. We'll

just stand by.
s/c Okay.
Flight Gemini IV, Houston. You can turn your quantity read off.
EXDOFTAPE
Canary Cap Corn, AFT.

Canary
\ Cap Corn, AFT.
Voice control, AET
Voice control
Would you ring Canaries please.
Roger, go ahead.
Canary Cap Corn, AFT
Canary Cap Corn, go ahead.
Allrigl-lty. Did you get our mission instruction for your
pass.
Roger.
Okay, any questions.

Do you want us to remind him that he has an aeromed pass
type I on the pilot at Carnarvon?

Stand by 1.
Canary Cap Corn, AFT.
Go ahead.
Yeah, go ahead and remind him of that so he can get the
temperature bulb in his mouth.

Okay, do you want any special summaries from us, or just
the main.
I want a main and a contingency E.
Main and E, roger.
ENDOFTAPE
This is Gemini Control 92 hours ll minutes after lift-off.
'Ihe Gemini IV spacecraft is now over the Indian Ocean on a track that
will pass almost directly over the Carnarvon Australian tracking
station 10 minutes from now. The Command Pilot is scheduled to sleep

at this time and a type I medical ,data check, that is, oral temperature,
blood pressure before and after 30 seconds of exercise will be made
on the Pilot. This is Gemini Control.
ENDOFTAPF
This is Gemini Control 92 hours 39 minutes after lift-off.
The Gemini IV spacecraft is now in the mid-Pacific over the Society
Islands nearing the end of the 59th revolution. We now have a tape
of the pass by Gemini IV over the Carnarvon Australia tracking station
some 15 minutes ago. Let's roll that tape now. This is Gemini
Control.
s/c Go ahead Carnarvon, Gemini IV
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon. Will the Pilot put the oral temp probe
in his mouth please.
s/c All right.
cc . . . radar track, Carnarvon
Roger.
CC Gemini IV, stand by for your Australian space doctor.
s/c Sure will, . . . I
cc Gemini IV, this is Carnarvon surgeon. We are ready go with

the blood pressure.
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon surgeon. Would you keep the temperature
probe in your mouth while we are doing the blood pressure.
s/c Roger, will do.
cc That's good source, . . .
. . . .
cc Could you list your . . . nap phase, Gemini IV.
s/c Roger, the pilot just woke up. !&is is 8 02, day 4, had 5
swallows of water and had a very good nap for 5 hours.
cc Roger, I got that, thank you very much.
s/c Roger, I feel fine.
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Mission Comznentary Transcript Tape 169, Page 2
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Corn. You're looking good here on
the ground, how are you doing?
s/c Roger, everything's great.
cc Okay, do you need anything at all.
s/c No, everything seems to be pretty good shape up here.
cc Okay, we.'11 just stand by in case you need us.
s/c Roger, how's everything down there.

cc Real fine. The weather has cleared up, everybody's happy,
we'll be standing by for you.
s/c Roger, did it finally stop raining?
cc Say again.
s/c Did it really stop raining?
cc Roger, a young gal sitting next to me did a rain dance.
s/c Real good, that's supposed to bring rain, isn't it.
cc I don't know, the lady who did the dance can't tell.
s/c . . .
cc It stopped.
Flight Carnarvon Cap Corn, this is Houston Fli@Ft.
cc Go ahead Flight.
Flight Ask him if he got a briefing on the retrofire procedures.
cc Say again flight.

Flight Ask him if he got a briefing on the retrofire procedures.
cc Roger.
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Com. Did you get a briefing on the
retrofire procedures.
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s/c Roger. I haven't again, but about 4 or 5 hours ago I have.
cc Copy that Flight.
Flight Roger, we copied that.
s/c We do a retro with a go to manual retro . . .
cc Ihat is affirmed.
s/c Roger.
cc That right flight.
Flight Not quite. We are thinking of letting the TR count down on
automatic retrofire with a manual backup plus a rolling reentry.
cc Flight. Okay, that will be an auto burn, automatic countdown
at TR, and backup with a manual retrofire.
Fli*t !Ihat will be a rolling reentry.
s/c Roger. Roger. We are going to make a manual TR.
cc Your clock seems to be working real fine. I think that they
are going to let it go for an auto and then let you back it
up*
s/c . . .
ERDOFTAFE
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape #170 Page 1
The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over the mid-Atlantic at the
beginning of the 60th revolution. We have a late weather

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report from the prime area which reads as follows:
The U. S. Weather Bureau Spaceflight Meteotodbgy
Group said this morning that the weather conditions in the
Western Atlantic Ocean remain very good for the termination
of GT-4 some 300 miles east of Palm Beach, Florida this
morning. The aircraft carrier Wasp reports scattered
clouds, mostly above 1500 feet, together with visibility
of over 10 miles. Southeast winds of little less than 15
knots have raised the sea of about 3 feet, which is considered
very good for the Gemini spacecraft. Isolated showers within
a 50 miles radius will present no problems. Temperature is
forecast to ,be about 78 degrees. This is Gemini Control.
End Tape
This is Gemini Control, 93 hours 16 minutes after
liftoff. We now have a brief tape of the voice transmission

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between the Gemini 4 spacecraft and the stateside tracking
stations toward the end of the 59th and the beginning of the
60th revolution. We'll roll this tape now. This is Gemini
Control.
s/c : Gemini 4.
cc: Roger, Gemini 4, How are you doing Ed?
s/c : Pretty good, had a good night's sleep hours
cc: Ah, roger, we're discussing this reentry profile and
we'll get you the final data up just as soon as we come
up with it.
s/c : Ah, roger.
cc: It looks like now, however, we're going to power up
your platform about -45 minutes earlier than the flight
plan calls for. It'll be elapsed time of 95 + 1.9. That'11
be over Canarvon on the 61st rev.
s/c : Roger.
cc: Gemini 4, Houston, have you been using quite a bit of
OMS attitude control, oh, for the last orbit dispersal?
s/c : Ah, negative, Gemini 4.
cc: Roger, understand

t
s/c : Gemini 4, , horizon scann the whole
time, hasn't been much-in the way of attitude
cc: Roger, we got that, Ed.
End Tape
This is Gemini Control 93 hours 42 minutes after
liftoff. The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over the central

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Indian Ocean on a track that will pass directly over
Perth, Australia, the city that traditionally greets
American astronauts by turning on all its lights. We
have some corrections to the earlier announced distances
of the landing location. The lattitude and longitude are
the same, 27 degrees by 29 minutes north lattitude by 73
degrees and 25 minutes west longitude. The location is
440 statute miles east of Cape Kennedy and 625 statute
miles west of Bermuda. This is Gemini Control.
End tape
This is Gemini Control 94 hours 2 minutes after lift-off.
We now have a taperecording of the recent pass by Gemini IV over
the Carnarvon Australia Tracking station. Let's roll that tape now.
cc Gemini IV, Carnarvon Cap Com.
s/c Go ahead Carnarvon, Gemini IV

cc Roger. We'd like you to take and place your reentry
C-band beacon to the continuous position.
s/c Roger. Reentry C-band going to continuous.

cc Roger. Your antenna selected reentry position.
s/c Roger. I've got it on reentry.

cc Roger. I want you to leave it in that position for the
remainder of the flight.
s/c Roger.. I got that.

cc Okay, I've got a map update for you if you're ready to copy.
s/c Stand by 1 please.

cc Cot good TM solid here.
s/c All right, go shead with the update.
cc Rev. 62, longitude, 168 degrees east, and that will be the
G.m.t. of 16 35 00.
s/c Roger, we've got 62, 168 degrees east, 16 35 00.
cc Roger.
Mission Commentary Transcript Tap-2 173, Page 2
s/c I was looking for you on that pass but you kicked on too early.
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cc All ri.&ty.
cc Got good solid beacon track at Carnarvon.
Flight Roger Carnarvon.
cc You are looking good here on the ground.
s/c Roger. Everything looks good up here.
cc The Pilot's asleep, is he.
s/c Roger, he is asleep.
s/c He is asleep and . . .
cc Say again.
s/c . . . .
ENDOFTAPE
liftoff. The Gemini 4 spacecraft is now over the south
central Pacific, about a thousand miles east of the Fiji
Islands. The spacecraft is within range of the voice
remoting station on Canton Island. We are now midway
through the 60th revolution. Gemini 4 is now 3 hours and
30 minutes fromretrofire. This is Gemini control.
End tape
This is Gemini Control, 94 hours 30 minutes after
liftoff. We are now anticipating radio contact momentarily

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with the Gemini 4 spacecraft through the Guaymas, Mexico
tracking station. We will join this pass through the
stateside stations all the way to loss of signal at Bermuda.
This is Gemini Control. Stand by for Gemini 4.
Guaymas has telemetry solid, 130917
Texas has acquisittion, TCM solid.
cc: Gemini 4, Gemini 4, this is Houston CapCom, over.
cc: Gemini 4, Gemini 4, this is Houston CapCom, over.
s/c : Go ahead, Houston, Gemini 4
cc: Roger, turn your quantity read switch on and we'd
like a prop quantity readout.
s/c : Roger, quantity reads 45%
cc: Understand 45%, and have you had one or two suit fans
on?
s/c’: We/ve had two suit fans on for about the last 4 hours.
cc: Roger, understand two suit fans.
s/c : We/re back to one now.
CC:] Roger, you're back to one now. And what time did the
command pilot wake?

s/c : Oh, uh, about 15 minutes ago.
cc: Roger, 15 minutes.ago. Jim, I'm going to pass you the
general procedures for the reentry, you'll get the 63-l updates
and the details on your next pass over the states from Gus.
The general procedure we'd like for you to follow is after
retrofire, roll to the normal condition to a heads down
position for full left to 400 K. We will give you an attitude
angle to hold down to 400K. Then we'd like you to roll at 15
degrees a second til the altimeter comes off the peg at approx-
imate 1OOK and back to full lift again til go.
s/c : Ww, understand.
cc: Roger, the only change since we went over this the last
time is that we are using 400X instead of .OSG.
s/c : Roger, understand.
cc: Gemini 4, Houston, you can take the quantity switch off
now.
s/c: okay
cc: Gemini 4, this is Houston,
s/c: @ahead.
cc: We'd like your propellant temperature and pressure.
s/c: Temperature is about 65, pressure is about 1700, 1725,
something like that.
cc: Roger, we got 65, 1700-25.
s/c : Roger
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s/c : Hey, Houston, Gemini 4
cc: Go ahead, Gemini 4.

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s/c : Houston, Gemini 4
cc: This is Houston, Go ahead, Gemini 4
cc% 1 Gemini 4, Gemini 4, This is Houston, Go ahead
s/c : Roger, it's pretty obvious the computer doesn't work,
why don't we just turn it off.
cc: Gemini 4, this is Houston, we'd like to go ahead and
leave it on, won't go into details..
s/c : Okay
cc: Rw=r, and the weather looks very good in the recovery
area.
a/c : Okay , don't forget I want to be recovered in a hurry.
cc: Roger, they're on their way, all you got to do is hit
the spot.
s/c : Okay
cc: Roger, Jim, it looks real good from here, we've got
the targeting area and the procedures worked out to get
the recovery forces there real quick.
s/c: okay
cc: And James, this looks about a 8 G reentry.

s/c: Oh that's too much for an old man like me
cc: You can hack it
s/c : Hey, Houston, we just our , stand
by-
cc: Gemini 4, this is Houston, how are you doing?
s/c : Very good, we're just taking a couple of pictures,
that's what the bloops were for
cc: oh, you had us shook up for a minute.
F: Don't do that, you give us heart attacks down here.
s/c: Ah, John, come on now, it must have been a long night
if I were you I'd be looking for a little excitement
cc: Hey, Jim.
s/c : Yeah, go ahead

lift
cc: With this zero g/reentry we'll be able to predict your
IT and have the recovery forces moving to your landing point
about 15 minutes before you get there...we think that the
safest and quickest way to get you.
s/c : Right, Chris, I don't disagree with you at all.
cc: Roger
s/c : I just think its old fashion
cc: Roger,
This is Gemini Control 95 hours 20 minutes into the mission on

the 61st revolution. [The activity is up somewhat over previous mornings
at this time and obviously the reason is we are only 2 hours and
19 minutes from retro command. Flight Director John Hodge from the
previous shift plans to stay on through the retro sequence. Stand
by one moment. I'm sorry, I was just handed a message by Cris Kraft,
I thought it might bear an announcement. It does not. I believe
you have been past these splash points earlier, we'll repeat them
27 degrees, 29 minutes north latitude, 7'5 degrees, 25 minutes west
longitude. This is the splash point estimated. It's a point about

440 miles, statute miles, east of the Cape Kennedy, or in relation to
Bermuda, 625 statute miles. The WASPhas been on the scene there since
2 a.m. this morning. The actual retrofire will occur at approximately
lo:54 c.s.t. at a point just north of our Guaymas station. The
longitude will be 114 degrees west, the latitude 32.2 degrees north.
We have the tape of the conversation between Gemini IV and the
Canary station ready to play for you now. This is Gemini Control.
cc Gemini I?, Canary Cap Com.

cc Roger. We need the oral temp probe in the Pilot's mouth.
s/c Roger.
Plight The Canaries has TM solid. The spacecraft TR is leading by

-5 seconds.
cc Gemini IV, Canary Cap Corn. Your systems look god. Stand by
for surgeon.
s/c Roger.
CC Gemini IV, this is Canary Surgeon. Leave the oral probe in
but pump up your blocd pressure cuff.
s/c Cuff is okay Gemini IV
cc GeminiIV, Canary Surgeon. Blood Pressure is received.
Standing by for your food, water and sleep report. This
is your last medical data pass.
s/c Roger. I'm preparing to eat meal 3 of the 4th day. I've
had 6 swallows of water and I had a very fine 5 hours of
sleep.
cc Gemini IV, Canary Surgeon. That sleep was all before your
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last report period. I will ah - Canary Surgeon returning
you to Canary Cap Corn.
S/C Roger.
ERDOFTABE
the mission. We've just checked with the environmental

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control officer this morning and he advises 15 pounds of
oxygen, both breathing and cabin pressurizing oxygen still

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remain in the Gemini 4 spacecraft and this usage conforms
with the planned usage curve almost on the dot. In the
OMS fuel we have 145 pounds remaining. Expect to use about
130 pounds of that for the pre-retro orbital attitude
maneuvering burn, which will precede the retrofire by
some minutes. As we indicated earlier, the retrofire will
take place slightly north of the Guaymas station and the
preretro OMS maneuver will take place over the Hawaii station.
End Tape
This is Gemini Control 96 hours 8 minutes into the mission.
At this time,the spacecraft is coming across the United States, Gus

.
Grissom is giving Jim McDivitt and Ed White their retro values for a
landing on the next pass. J-et's cut in on that conservation now, live.
cc 16 50 40, and 71-03.
s/c Ah, roger. Is that 16 50 40 and 7+03.
cc Affirmative. Your( attitudes at 4OOK should be, on the ball
should be, 27 degrees nose above the horizon. And this would
be - out the window would be 23 degrees.
s/c Roger, 23 it is out the window. On the ball 27 degrees nose
above the horizon.

CC What are your attitudes now.
s/c 000
cc Very good.
s/c I just started to aline the platfo&
cc Roger. Okay, Jim, what control mode are you going to use for
the reentry.
s/c . . . Let's try the reentry rate command. I was going to
do that anyway, then I decided that I couldn't do it because

I didn't have the response because we don't need to quickly
. . . . I think I'll use reentry rate command.
cc Roger. You're going to hold roll in, or are you going to
turn your roll rate gyros off.

Mission Commentary 'Banscript nape 178, Page 2
s/c Turn my gyro off.
cc Okay, fine. .
cc Okay, you want your time to 50 000 to drogue deploy and to

splash?
s/c Roger.
cc Okay. XX-55 to drogueldeply, 17+10 to splash.
s/c Roger, how about main chute.
cc We don't have that one yet.
s/c Roger, understand. 10+55 drogue deploy, 17+10 to splash,
standing by for chute.
cc In case you don't get your complete OAMSburn, advance your
retrofire time at 2 seconds for each second short - short of

your OAMSburn.
s/c Only 2 seconds?
cc Roger, 2 for 1.
s/c They use to be 3 for 1. What happened.
cc Never was,.Jim.
b.2 &jp
s/c It was about a week ago.
cc This is a new week. Remember this i sii L&me now, now dvelocity.
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s/c Roger.
cc On your check list, did you - when you pulled your drogue pins,
did you pull your seat pins also.
s/c Roger, we're just starting on this. We'll get them though.
Mission Commentary Transcript Tap 178, Page 3
cc Did you have everything stowed.
s/c Yeah, we got everything stowed as well as we could stow it.
cc Okay, 'tie weather in your recovery area is scattered clouds,
you got 10 knots of wind and 4 foot waves. It couldn't be

better.
s/c Roger.
cc Okay, the doctor wants to talk to you here for just a second.
s/c Roger.
cc Jim, both of you are in real good shape at the present time
and all the EKE's look just fine. Your water intake is come
up real well and from our last computation here, both of you
appear to be really hydrated for the reentry. I'd like to

make sure that both of you do feel completely rested. Is that
affirmed.
s/c We're a little tired, but we are as rested as we can be.

cc All right Jim, do you feel that there is any need for item
bravo.
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s/c Negative.
cc Negative. Okay. I'd like to review with you this blood pressure.
You are not going to have the adapter on till after you are on
the water. Ed already has it on and we can tell from the data
and he is to get one blood pressure after retrofire, one on the
chute before bridle, one after bridle, and then both of you every
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15 minutes in the water. Affirmed?
cc Gemini IV this is Houston surgeon. Do you read?
s/c I got that surgeon. . We remember what they were.
cc Gemini IV, this is Houston Surgeon.
s/c Go ahead Houston Surgeon, I got your message there.
cc Roger. The other thing is the post-landing. We still, just

to reaffirm, we'd like no more than that 1 hour in the space-
craft, get your suits off at your disgression if the spacecraft
has no leak. The hatch - open hatch part is strictly your
decision. It looks good in the recovery area at the present
time for this and remember the pumping exercise we did at the
time of the physical and the feet up would certainly be the

preferable way. Are there any questions about this at all.
s/c No questions.
cc Roger, we'll look forward to seeing you on that carrier then

and surgeon out.
s/c Okay, when you coming out Chuck.
cc This afternoon Jim. I hope to be there shortly after you are.
Flight I hope you beat him. I hope Jim beats you.
cc He better beat me.
Flight Is there anything else we can do for you. Anything else you
want Jim.
s/ c Yeah, my computer.
Flight I wish I had an answer for that,

cc You'd would have only had to compare it with my performance.
s/c What did you say.

Mission Coxmnentary Transcript nape l-78, Page 5
cc I said you'd only had to compare it with my performance.
s/c . .
s/c You're
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unbeatable Cris, I just . .%.
cc Rog.
Flight Hey Jim.
s/c Yes.
Flight John just wanted to remind you that the tough part comes after
you get back to the States.
s/c I've been resting my arm.
Flight You'd better rest you're voice too.
s/c Listen, I just want to shave. I feel pretty darn wooly 1Fke this.
Flight That don't bother, just don't take a bath.
s/c I thought the fumes before were bad.
Flight Say again.
SIC I thought those fumes around 24 hours were bad. You ought to
be up here now.
Flight Roger.
Flight Jim, could you give me your last cabin humidity reading that
you took.
s/c Roger. I took one about an hour ago. Just before I spoke with
dot, and I just took one reading right in the middle of the cabin
and it was 75 or 78 and 62 wet.
Flight Ah, roger.
s/c Appreciably since take off.
Flight Roger.
Flight Jim
.
s/c Roger
Flight We'll be losing you in about 2 minutes here and Wally will get
your OAMSburn and Guaymas will catch you down to your retrofire.
s/c Okay.
Flight As near as we can tell, your IMU is in good shape down here.
s/c Yeah, it looks good up here too. Gus, can you give us the
Greenwich mean time.
Flight Say again. I'll give you a G;m.t. at 15 35.
s/c Roger
Flight 30 seconds to go. Your TR is very good.
SIC Roger.
Flight 10 more seconds.
Flight 15 35 on my mark. MARK.
s/c Roger, I'd like another one at 15 35 30:
Flight Roger.
Flight 20 seconds.
s/c Make that 32.
Flight Okay.
Flight Itwill be 15 35 32 on my mark. MARK.
S/C Roger, thank you.
ENDOFTAPE
the mission with the spacecraft going over the African
continent for the last pass in this Gemini 4 flight. During
the interchange you heard live between the crew and the
ground during the pass across the United States, there was
a reference to Item "Bravo". This is a stimulant, it is
specifically dexidrine you heard command pilot Jim McDivitt
decline the use of it, he said neither crew member needed
it, they didn't plan to use it. You will recall on Gordon
Cooper's flight he did elect to take a little dexidrine
prior to his reentry. The present calculation calls for
OMS pre-retro burn over Hawaii at 10:44, starting at lo:44
Central Standard Time and ending about two minutes and 40
seconds later. The recovery leader is confering at the
present time with the flight director. He advises that the
recovery forces should have a good plot on a splashdown
point about 6 minutes after retrofire. This will be based
on radar data from White Sands, from Eglin, and finally from
Grand Bahama Island. This is Gemini Control.
End Tape
This is Gemini Control, 30 minutes 55 seconds to
retrofire. We have just lost signal with the Canarvon

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station. Communications weren't the best this morning,
however, the final notes were taken on the settings of
the clocks to the angles, all the information pertinent
to the retrofire maneuver. In, uh, at 39 minutes after
the hour, the Canton Island station should acquire Gemini
4 and the Hawaii station at 42 minutes after the hour over
which station the pre-retro OMS maneuver will take place.
We're prepared to play for you now a tape of the conversation
between Capsule Communicator Ed FanDel and Gemini 4 as it
passed over the Canarvon Station. This is Gemini Control.
F: Canarvon, Houston Flight.
cc: Gemini 4, Canarvon CapCom
s/c : Roger, Canarvon, Gemini 4, reading you loud and clear.
cc: Ah, roger, reading you loud and clear, how are you
doing with your pre-retro checklist?
s/c : preretro checklist is complete.
cc: I'd like to give you a GMT time hack, 161700.
s/c : pressure 161700.

cc: FWm, about 30 seconds from now
s/c : Okay, give me a mark at 30

.
cc: Mark
s/c Okay
cc: Okay, you show your RCS range you're
looking good here. I've got some times here, you got a pencil
and paper ready to copy?
s/c : Ready
cc: You say you're ready?
s/c: Roger, we're ready.
cc: Begin blackout, 5+23. End blackout, 9+21 5OKZ10+55
Range shoot 12+33. Splash, 17+10.
s/c : We've got your times, thank you.
cc: Ah, roger. Set up your event timer for 36 minutes
in about 2 and a half minutes I'll give you a mark to .
count down.
cc: Rwer, would you verify our CF CRC's......for

with
s/c : okay, 63-1, wtinrk maneuver. 165601. 63-l without
maneuver 165040.
s/c : Okay, roger, will you give us the times to start
rolling, 400,000 foot
cc: Okay, with maneuver, 2+38, without maneuver 7+03.
s/c : Roger, thank you.
1..
cc: You're welcome. I am ready to check your thrusters
over 9 and 10,
s/c : I've already checked my thrusters number 9 and 10.
cc: Okay, they very good.
s/c : Roger, thep're very good.
cc: Okay
cc: Okay, you got your time all set up?
s/c : All set at 360
cc: Okay, in about 30 seconds 1'11 give you a countdown.
cc: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, mark
s/c: Roger, down
cc: Okay, very good
cc: EXJQS Flight, Canarvon
F: Go ahead
cc: okay, he looks real good. We got an event timer hacked
as GMT, we checked his times indicated and he looks fine, he
may be getting our summaries a little later, we have a little
RST problem here
F: We copied all
cc: Okay
cc: His TR is leading about 1 second

F: Rag
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape #180, page 4 *
cc: Do you want us to leave it alone, or do you want to
try and sine it?
F: No, I think its okay.
cc: Okay
F:] It was leading by about l/2 of a second here, Ed,
‘I epxect that's about as close as you can read it.
cc: Roger
cc: You should be getting some good radar from tis.
F: Rw=r, that's affirmative
cc: You need anything else up there, gentlemen.
E/C : Ah, negative, well, I do still need my computer but
I can't think of anyway to pick it up
cc:] Yeah, I know what you mean

This is Gemini Control Houston. We are 13 minutes from retro-
fire and only a minute or two from the pre-retro OAMSburn. Hawaii
established contact with the spacecraft about a minute ago. We are
standing by for whatever conservation might develop during this pre- 4
retro OAMSburn. We really don't expect too much conservation. The
Pilot - the Command Pilot Jim McDivitt will hold his attitudes at
00 during this OAMSburn. We are standing by for a further report
from Hawaii. The signal strength was excellent in their opening
recognition conservation.
cc thirty seconds to OAMSburn.
Cd 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, MARK. Start burn.

cc Do you see the burn?
s/c Affirmative. Now firing. We have OAMSlatitude activity.
Flight Hawaii reports OAMSburn is going on now.
cc Attitudes are C 180 0 Flight.
Flight Rog.
cc Burn is expected to last another minute or so.
Flight E?-till look Okay?
cc Looking good flight.
Flight Apparently he is using the forward firing thrusters, small

end forward.
cc Attitudes are holding right on Fl.i&t.
Flight Roger.
cc We are standing by for your mark, Gemini IV.

s/c Okay.
s/c MARK. .
cc Roger Gemini IV. How are your attitudes during your firing.
s/c They were within about a degree.
cc Roger, roger. You look good here on the ground.
Flight Cris Kraft advises here he had a perfect burn. You heard
McDivitt report that he was within 1 degree on his attitudes.
Flight Give him an 8 minute mark to retrofire.
cc Gemini 4, this is Hawaii. Stand by for an 8 minute mark to
retrofire. 1 Mark.
s/c Roger, mark.
cc Flight, Hawaii, we showed a burn by our stopwatch, 2 minutes

and 41 seconds.
Flight We agree with that.
Flight That event was probably timed by more people than any other event
than ever occurred.
cc I imagine you are right.
cc Hawaii has had TM UX, Flight. Radar IL&
Flight Roger. Well done.
cc We going to correct on one second.

Flight Say again.
cc Are you going to correct for that one second overburn.
Flight Negative. It was not 1 second overburn. Yes, it was,
I'm sorry. Negative.

cc Roger, we'll go with it.
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This is Gemini Control. We have completed the OAMS -'. pre-
retro OAMSburn over Hawaii. He should have expanded about a hundered
and 30 pounds of fuel. This would leave about 15 pounds of fuel in his
primary tanks. Just prior to his retro-maneuver over Guaymas he will

jettison the equipment section of the spacecraft and then for attitude
during reentry he will depend on his reentry control system. He has

two independent rings of 8 thrusters each. Each thruster 25 pounds.
The reentry control system functions off separate tanks each with
about 33 pounds of fuel available for attitude control. California

is the next station which should acquire at 51 and one-half minutes
after the hour. Guaymas should have him at almost 54 minutes after
the hour with the retrofire time planned for 56 minutes. During the
retrofire maneuver, the spacecraft will be pitched down at 30 degrees
immediately after completion of the maneuver, that will be pitch-down,
and the Pilots will have their heads up. Immediately after the retro-
fire maneuver, they will roll the spacecraft around 180 degrees and
assume an angle of 23 degrees off the horizon. They will maintain

that angle till they reach a point about 400 000 feet above the earth
at which point they will start a roll rate just as we did at the Project
Mercury Program. A roll rate of 15 degrees per second. This is Gemin

Control.
END OF TAPE.
This is Gemini Control Houston. One minutes ago the
Guaymas station established contact witn Gemini 4. Ne
are standing by for the retromaneuver. Right about now
Jim McDivitt should be jettisoning the equipment adapter.
He has just confirmed the adapter has separated from that
Gemini 4 spacecraft its leaving the retro adapter section
at 30 seconds to retrofire. He has armed the retrorocket
circuits and we are counting down for retrofire, 6, 5, 4, 3,
2, 1, retrofire, We are standing by, we have a report on
one firing, rocket 3 and rocket 2 have fired, rocket 4 has
fired, Jim McDivitt confirms that all 4 have fired. Let's
tune in on that conversation with Guaymas.
cc: Do you confirm retro set
s/c : Ed says he sees the pump package
cc: Say again
s/c: Ed says he saw the pump package
cc: Ah roger, their own their way, Flight.
F: Roger
cc: Flight from GUawaS CapCom
F: Go ahead
cc: Did you copy that the auto retro was one second prior
to my count?
F: Roger
cc: Still looking good, Flight, I 'm getting activity on
ring A and B
F: Roger
This is Gemini Control. We have confirmed the retro
set, in our other ear we bring in lots of activity in the
.Atlantic Ocean as the planes are establishing their call
and they are poised and waiting for Gemini 4 ,to splash down
some 440 miles east of the Cape.
cc: Stand by for a mark at TR+3 minutes. Mark, 3 minutes.
GCH Our White Sands Station is tracking the spacecraft
right now. This radar data and that from the Eglin AFB
in Florida will help us establish with considerable f&lality
the splashdwon point.
cc: 'Gemini 4, Houston CapCom.
s/c : Go ahead, Houston, Gemini 4.
cc: Roger, you started your rolling reentry.
s/c: Roger, I have.
cc: Roger. Your weather is still very good, Jim.
s/c : Okay
GCH Jim McDivitt advises he has started his rolling reentry.
He has started his roll rate.
s/c : (Garbled)
Misston Commentary Transcript Tape 183, Page 1
This is Gemini Control. Gus Grissom has just raised Jim
McDivitt. He came back with "we're 5 by 5 up here" or something

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like that, it was a very faint transmission. Grissom is advised that
we should have a helicopter over the spacecraft about the time it hits
the water. Stand by for further transmission.

This is Gemini Control. We are estimating drogue chute
in about 10 seconds. Stand by for drogue chute. We estimate he is
at about 40 000 feet now and he should have a drogue chute out although
we have not heard a confirmation.
We have a report from the Wasp that it is in contact with the
spacecraft. We are not monitoring any transmissions here, they are

on the HF circuit and we really didn't have too much hope of reading
those transmissions, but we should be hearing from the Wasp.
From the deck of the Wasp we are advised that they have had
a transmission from McDivitt that says they read him loud and clear.
At this time McDivitt and White should be on their main chute.
As yet we!ve had no visual sightings but we do have some

helicopters vectoring on the area. The astronaut reports to the
Wasp that he is on his main chute and everything looks fine. He has
been advised by Gus Grissom here, we don't know whether the trans-
mission reached him or not, it was backed up by a transmission from
the carrier I'm sure, that a helicopter will be over him in about
5 minutes.
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The two pilots have advised the Wasp that they are feeling great.
s/c . , . . .
Flight We can't read you Jim, you're fading out too much.
Flight Okay, the R and R can is floating by.
Flight We figure you ou&t to be touching down in about 20 seconds.

Gus Grissom is advising Jim McDivitt that he should be touching
down within the minute. We are standing by for additional reports from
down range. The circuit is very noisy and almost unreadable. 'Ihis is
the HF circuit. I emphasize this is the circuit from the spacecraft.
Communications have been excellent with the DOD forces in the Atlantic.
This is Dallas . . . aboard the Wasp. The Wasp.. . .
This is Gemini Control. Our latest radar fix from the Wasp
indicates the ship is about 40 miles from the spacecraft. The space-
craft 40 nautical miles uprange from the Wasp. There are at least
2 helicopters in the area. They should be overhead momentarily. We
are still standing by for an advisory from the deck of the Wasp.
We have a report from down said that a helicopter has the
spacecraft in visual sighting. It is a confirmed report. He is
approximately 5 miles away from it.

This is Gemini Control. We are assuming the spacecraft
splashed down at approximately 13 minutes after the hour. That is,
approximate splash time. We will confirm it momentarily.

That a 2 engine airplane, an S2E, which has been established as
the on-scene commander of this recovery situation is now in voice contact
with the spacecraft. They advised the Wasp that everything is okay.
They were in contact with the spacecraft at 14 minutes after the'hour.

From downrange we are advised that the Astronauts have requested
a helicopter pickup. They are on the water and we are standing by. The
surgeon here is considering a helicopter pickup. We should know momentarily
what his decision is.

Our best estimate right now on the landing point is 230 miles
north of San Salvador or 390 miles east of Cape Kennedy.

Prom the Wasp we are advised that the pickup helicopter, the
copter that will pick up the two pilots will be over the spacecraft within
5 minutes from now. The local time here is 20 minutes after the hour.
Admiral Cormick on the Wasp has just ordered the helicopters
to proceed with the pickup of the two pilots and to return them to the
Wasp. At last report, they were 18 to 20 miles from the spacecraft and
were proceeding toward it.

This is Gemini ControL. !Jhe Wasp now estimates it should
be along side the spacecraft or actually pick-up the spacecraft in
about 1 hour and 20 minutes from now. They are estimating 12 45 c.s.t.
that they should be alongside for pick-up. The helicopter estimate
meanwhile for pick-up has been put-off until about 10 minutes frum
now. ?nnis will make it shortly after the half-hour. This is Gemini
Control standing by.
f
The helicopter, an SH3, a Navy helicopter, which is a twin
engine jet turban type helicopter is in the area of the spacecraft
right now. He has been designated to pick up the pilots.

The helicopter in the recovery area has the green dye which
is put out by the spacecraft on landing in sight. We have not yet
heard wheather the hatches are open or closed. We are standing by
for additional information.

This is Gemini Control. The pilot of the helicopter on
scene reports the spacecraft is riding very nicely in the water.
and everything looks fine. That was the pilots report. The pilot
of that helicopter is Commander Clarence 0. Fiske. The helicopter
is designated number 64. Off the Wasp.
Fram the Wasp, we are advised that their present position
is some 42 nautical miles from the spacecraft. They are estimating
about 85 minutes before they are on scene and we are standing by to
get some word from the Wasp as to whether the pilots are in fact in
the helicopter or not.
From the deck of the Wasp, we are advised that 2 more recovery
helicopters are in the area approximately 5 miles from the spacecraft

and are standing by.
The f1igb-t surgeon on the deck of the carrier Wasp, Dr. Howard
Minners, has advised that he is most encouraged by the sound of Jim

McDivitt's voice. He has just been in contact with him. We could
Mission Commentary Transcript Tape 18!5, Page 5
not monitor the situation here, but Dr. Minners says he is most encouraged
with the sound of the report. This is Houston standing by.
We are advised by the Wasp that on being told that swimmers
would be deployed shortly to ready the spacecraft for pick-up. Jim

McDivitt csme back with the reply "Hoorah, hoorah, we are going to the
Wasp".
We are just checking our notes here in the Control Center and
we are - our best estimate on splash down right now is 12 minutes and
30 seconds after the hour. This contrasts with the 13 minute estimate
we gave earlier. This is Gemini Control standing by,

From the Wasp, we were advised that the first of the swimmers
is poised and ready to leave his helicopter. Standing by. Meanwhile
in the Control Center someone in the Flight Planning Department has
put up a slide on the monitor which says "End of the flight plan,"
and they suggest we tune in for GT-5.

We are advised that one raft .and one swimmer are in the water
near the spacecraft. The procedure is the first thing the swimmers do
in the water is to check onthe condition of the pilots, get an eyeball
verification of how they look and how they feel. Then they proceed
to put a large flotation collar around the spacecraft to assure sea-
worthiness until pickup which should come in about 1 hour and 15 minutes
from now.
We have additional swimmers in the water right now and they
are now attaching the flotation cbllar to the spacecraft.

At last contact, the Wasp reports that Jim McDivitt advised
both he and Ed White were feeling great.

This is Gemini Control. We are advised that the flotation
collar is just about attached to the spacecraft. They are now
finishing the last bit of strapping. We as yet have not heard
whether the pilots have left the spacecraft. We are standing by for
that information.
The wasp at this time is 36 nautical miles from the spacecraft.
36 nautical miles and proceeding at 30 knots toward the spacecraft. We
are further advised that Jim McDivitt declined to leave the spacecraft
until he was assured the flotation collar was securely attached to his
craft. We are standing by for any further information on the Pilot
pickup.
The latest word is that the collar is attached. We are advised
here in Houston that the collar is inflated and looks good.
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.. /'?n the recovery area we are advised we have 4 helicopters and
1 fixed wing aircraft, which would be the on-scene commanders aircraft
in the area. Prom the Wasp we are advised that again the pilot's report
both are in good shape and are hungry and they emphasiie the word hungry.
The pilots are in good shape and hungry.

We are advised that the astronauts plan to stay in .the space-
craft until- for the length of time that it will take to get one more
blood pressure reading. You recall that before retrofire they were to
obtain several blood pressure readings while still in the spacecraft

while they are still in their spacesuits. They are apparently going
to take one final blood pressure reading before departing their Gemini
IV spaceship.
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Mission Commentary Transcript Tape183, Page‘i’
We are advised that the hatch is open now on the spacecraft.
They did not say which hatch, but we would assume that it was the
right hatch. We will stand by for confirmation.

And the swimmers in the water around the spacecraft have just
given the helicopter on scene a thumbs-up signal indicating the pilots
look great to them.

George, did you hear that the hatch is opening and that the
swimmers report they are in good shape.

. Ilhis is Gemini Control. Some times on these reports at 37 min-
utes after the hour the rescue helicopter coming in was reported in the
area ready to drop the pick-up harness. At the same time both astronauts
reported they were in good shape and hungry, as we reported, and now we
are advised that one astronaut has emerged from the spacecraft. We
don't know which one.
END OF TAPE
GCH: The on-scene helicopters report that the right hatch
is open. At 42 minutes after the hour, one of the astronauts
emerged, we still don't have his name. And the Wasp now
advises whichever astronaut was standing up in the spacecraft
and appeared to be coming out had a brief chat with the
swimmers and sat back down. We still don't know his name.
More than likely it would be Ed White - that's the right

now
hatch. We're advised from the Wasp that one astronaut is/in
a raft alongside the spacecraft, we still don't have his
name, but.he has his water wings inflated and he is apparently
standing by for a helicopter pickup on the helicopter hoist.
And now from the Wasp we are advised that both men, both men
are in a raft alongside the spacecraft and a‘helicopter is
preparing to pick them up. Before departing the spacecraft
apparently Ed White did a few quick standup type exercises.
And from the wasp we are advised that the sling from
the helicopter is now being lowered to pick up one of the
astronauts. our communications this morning with the Wasp
have been outstanding. We've never had a better circuit
into the Atlantic Ocean.

And we have one astronaut in a sling, on the way to
the helicopter. No name. We're estimating its about a
30 foot long hoist, it would have deployed at 30 feet and
he would be brought in on a winch into the helicopter.
The Wasp, meanwhile, steaming at 30 knots, is now
reportedly 28 miles from the scenet We are advised that
a second helicopter is being directed to pick up the parachutes
the spacecraft, the spacecraft, on water, still floating.
This is Gemini Control. Our plotboard from our recovery
room here in Houston shows that the first astronaut was in
the sling at 47 minutes after the hour.
One astronaut is about to enter the he&copter, the
other is waiting in the raft for pickup. Now the second
pilot is on the hoist and on his way into.the helicopter.
Now we are advised that both astronauts are onboard
the helicopter, both astronauts on board. We do not know
whether they still have their helmets on or not, but we
assume they would have taken the helmets off, but, they
would have kept their spacesuits on.

We are advised the helicopter is now proceeding toward
the Wasp, we have no estirrute as yet as to when the helicopter
will be over the Wasp, we are standing by.
Both astronauts were aboard the helicopter fifty minutes
afl5er the hour. Meanwhile a second helicopter which was to
pick up the spacecraft parachute reports that apparently
the chute has sunk and,. uh, we don't know whether they have
abandoned the search or not. It's certainly not a critical
item.
Tape #185
Mission Commentary Transcript Page 1
The Wasp reports 'both astronauts in the hePi.copter,
smiling and in great spirits, they're about 30 miles from
the Wasp right now, proceeding toward it. Meanwhile, here
in the control center, Mission Director Chris Kraft in has
lighted up his post-splashdown cigar. He's puffing on it
merrily, a big cloud of smoke enveloping his head. He's
a very happy man.
This is Gemini Control. We're advised that the helicopters
should be over the wasp at 10 minutes after the hour about 17
minutes from now.
Thisis Gemini Control. We've just been advised from
the Wasp that approximdtely

90 percent of the crew of the
wasp should be...... The helicopter carrying the astronauts
is now about 10 miles away. It's in view of the Wasp. They
are rolling out the red carpet on deck, preparatory to
receiving the astronauts. From the helicopter we are advised
that a Dr. on board has taken a quick check of the men and
he reports that they are in great shape. Great shape, they
are still in their space suits.
Roger, I understand the Wasp can not see the helicopter
visually.
.^ -.
From the Wasp we are advised that several heSc6pters
remain on the \scene, making a search for the radar and reentry
section of the spacecraft, that's the forward tip of the
spacecraft out on the nose of it and in some past flights
we have been successful in recoverying that. We apparently
did lose the parachute, the spacecraft parachute, which is
jettisoned on touchdown. It usually lands within a half
a mile of , withina very few feet, actually,.i'of >he

:' spacecraft,
i./'
floats away rather quickly.
This is Gemini Control. The Wasp is standing by to
receive the helicopter bearing Ed White and Jim McDivitt.
And the Wasp advises that Admiral McCormick, Captain
Conger is standing by on the deck of the Wasp, the Marine
guard aboard has an area roped off X in preparation for
receiving Jim McDivitt and Ed White. '
This is Gemini Control. Here in the control center
there must be fully 50 people, Project officials from the
Gemini office, there's Dr. Gilruth, Director of the Manned
Spacecraft Center, has just come in and shook Chris Kraft's
hand vigorously. They're all smiles.

We're advised that the helicopter is about 20 feet
off the flight deck of this time, we can hear the engine
\
noise in our headset. And the prime helicopter touched
down at 9 minutes after the hour, the helicopter is on the
deck at 9 minutes after the hour.

-
/' Marine guards are rolling out the red carpet.
I'
.i_-- ."
And the door of the helicopter is open. Jim McDivitt
is steping out to a tremendous round of applause from the
sailors out on the deck of the Wasp. He is followed by
Ed White.
Admiral McCormick is congratulating the pilots right
now. He's waving to the crew. They are moving down
the red carpet at this time toward the medical area where
they will take a quick post-flight physical. I can hear
the band playing in the background. They have entered
the island area of the ship, headed for the Wasp sick
bay for their quick postflight physical, their first of
several.
We are advised from the Wasp that all the flags are
waving, including the NASA flag, the flap of the WASP,
the United States Flag, and of course the Marine Corps

flag, and it sounds like a pretty turbulent 'scene.
This is Gemini Control. At 13 minutes after the hour.
From the wasp we are advised that the pilots look to be in
great spirits as they walk away from the helicopter. They
carry nothing . . . . . . . we have an additional report coming in,
I say again, they reportedly look great. He said he could
observe that they definitely needed a shave, both of them.
This is Gemini Control, standing by.
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Tape 1, Page 1

This is Gemini Control Houston. Good morning. The

pilots got up this morning shortly after 4:00 a.m. They

Building on Merritt Island, and after that, breakfast. They

left the Manned Space Flight Operations Building at 5:22 a.m.

and arrived at the suit-up area adjacent to Pad 19 at approx-

imately 5:35, They were suited and had completed their

pre-breathing denitrogenation checks by 7:00 a.m. and left

they arrived at Pad 19 at 7:08 a.m. They were in the ele-

vator within a minute and went over the sill, as we call,

count has run about 5 minutes ahead of schedule this morning.

We have excellent weather at the Cape area which will be

covered in more detail with a report from the Cape shortly.

Here in Hcuston, the board looks very good. Our status is

quite good, as a matter of fact . . . We are making computer

runs, we are checking the individual consoles and they all

look very good and green at this point. This is Gemini

Control, Houston, at 20 minutes after the hour.

This is Gemini Cape control. Our countdown is proceeding

excellently at this time, we are currently at 86 minutes and

30 seconds and counting. The countdown has gone very web1

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this morning. We have just received a report from the

blockhouse that we are still some 12 minutes ahead in the 1, ._-_._

both hatches have been closed. Astronaut Ed White's hatch

pilot's also was closed. The astronauts, just prior to

hatch closure completed a series of blood pressure tests

with the flight surgeons in the blockhouse. Currently going

on are several tests at the launch pad, a warm up for final

guidance checks with the Titan II launch vehicle. Our

weather this morning also looks good at the current time.

The forecast of the launch area is 2 to 4/10's cloud cover

at 3,000 feet. We have a wind at 5 to 10 knots in the East,

a temperature of 80 degrees. The mission has been informed

that the weather conditions throughout the rest of the world

are in a Go condition for launch. The Ai.lantic Ocean will ! ~2

have extensive cloud ceilings of about 1,500 feet. Around

and south of Bermuda with some scattered showers. The

mid-Pacific forecast is for scattered, broken clouds with

a ceiling of 1,000 feet. On the West pacific storm Carla

that was pyphoon Carla several I days ago is reported to still

be weakening and is not expected to be any problem to the

mission itself. This is Gemini Cape Control at 84 minutes

and 47 seconds and counting.

This is Gemini Control, Houston. The count minus -

I'm sorry. Our clock here, our countdown clock is running

a trajectory test and is not accurate. At this time we are

looking here from the Control Center Houston at the, some

of the vital measurements coming from the spacecraft's

at Mercury and the respiration rate of Jim McDivit and Ed

etry is quite clean. The count dontinues very much on

schedule. The earlier count ran as much as 12 minutes

ahead of schedule. We are also want to bring you up to

date in the network's status, the around the world status.

At Tanaverie, we are without voice contact and very likely

will not be able to have voice contact relayed through

mission is parked approximately 1,000 miles off the South

America& Chilian coast is without teletype. Other than

that, our entire*range of stations around the world is up and

XX all elements are working very nicely. This is Gemini