Gemini 4 Experiment Debriefing, 1967

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Mission Operation Report
No. M-913-65-04
MEMORANDUM
May 24, 1965
To
A/Administrator
From
M/Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight
Subject:
Gemini Flight Number Four (GT-4)
GT-4, the fourth in a series of twelve planned Gemini flights is scheduled to
be launched from Complex 19 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on or after
3 June 1965.
This wi 11 be the second manned Gemini mission and the longest
ever attempted by a two-man crew.
The purpose of the mission is to further
demonstrate manned space flight for a period of four days.
The nominal launch time is 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT).
The space vehicle is
to be launched on an azimuth of 72 degrees and the spacecraft wi 11 be inserted
into an initial orbit of 87-161 N.M. at an orbital inclination of 32.5 degrees.
The 62 revolution mission will have a duration of approximately 97 hours and 50
minutes.
The primary and backup flight crews are of the "new generation, 11 being
members of the second group of astronauts.
James A. McDivitt will be the
command pilot and Edward H. White, II will be the pilot.
Because the duration
of the flight is one of the most significant aspects of their mission, the post-
flight activities will involve expanded medical evaluation as compared with
previous missions, including at least 24 hours aboard the recovery aircraft carrier,
the USS WASP.
After conducting various orbital maneuvers and the thirteen experiments during the
four-day mission, the spacecraft wi 11 reenter and touchdown approximately 400
miles southwest of Bermuda for a water landing and carrier retrieval.
Enclosure
MOR Noo M-913-65-04
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