Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965

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McDivitt
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I didn't think you noticed it earlier when we
were working.
Well, I did notice it a little bit in that first
orbit, but it wasn't distracting at all. It would
just drift off a little bit and I'd whop it and
it would be back.
At SEX:;0 + 30, I used the trans­
lation thrusters to damp the booster-spacecraft
rates .
One of them was a little higher than the
other, although they were both down in the order
of a half of a degree/second.
I did fire one
thruster one time or possibly two times to damp
the rate.
I don't know if it was pitch or yaw.
You know, you are working in spacecraft pitch and
booster yaw and spacecraft yaw and booster pitch.
I was getting my coordinate system transformed
around in my mind, going from booster coordinate
system to the spacecraft.
I don't remember
whether it was yaw or pitch, but I did thrust
once or twice.
By the way , I could hear those
thrusters fire. At
SEC0 + 30 I said, "Thrusting, "
and I started thrusting.
"Separate" , and Fd
punched the SPACE.CRAFT SEPARATE.
We were in Direct
and I thrusted straight ahead for about 5 seconds.
Then I went back into Rate Command.
Separati on was