Preliminary Gemini 4 Crew Debriefing, Part II, 1965
NASA-UAP-D017 · page 52 of 290
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White McDivitt White McDivitt White Yes, I don' t think there was any discomfort associated with the day-night cycle. We didn't use the cabin fan as we planned during the ., flight. We did neglect to turn it on initially during the preparation for retro. We noticed that we weren ' t cooling off in the cabin as much as we would have liked to . So, we turned the fan on and immediately the temperature dropped down about 10 degrees,if I remember right . Yes, that cabin heat exchanger and that cabin fan really do the job. It really cooled it off. Early in the flight when we got the tempera ture up to 100, we turned the fan on and the temperature went down to below 80 in about 20 minutes, or so. It really did the trick. The cabin pressure relief valve was venting just a hair abouve 5.4. We checked this out very many times. Every time we filled the cabin up with o High Rate, it vented,or if 2 we used the repress l•ever the cabin would vent .