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This is a preliminary transcript of Part I of the Gemini 4 (GT-4) flight crew debriefing. The Spacecraft Operations Branch of NASA's Flight Crew Support Division prepared it on June 16, 1965, from recordings of the debriefing held aboard the USS Wasp on June 9, 1965. In it, astronauts McDivitt and White describe the mission from an operational viewpoint, covering countdown, powered flight, insertion, orbital operations, reentry, landing and recovery. According to the preface, visual sightings were left for a later part.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: 6/9/65, North Atlantic Ocean. This document is a preliminary transcript (Part I) derived from voice recordings of the Gemini 4 flight crew debriefing taken aboard the recovery ship, USS Wasp, on June 9, 1965. Astronaut Ed White recounts seeing “sparkles” during the flight.
100 White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt that from our past experience and our knowledge of the suit that even if we did spring a leak in the blood pressure cuff the size hole that we had in the suit would not be catastrophic , and we decided to go ahead with the EVA. It was within the·capability of the syst em we were using. At Carnarvon we not onl y got the go- ahead to start t he depressurazation , we also got the go- ahead to open up the hatch , the go- ahead that we weren ' t supposed to get until Hawaii . So , we went ahead and did that . --.______ Yes . I ' m kind of curious of the whole time . We were out nearly an orbit , I think . We didn ' t get it closed back again till we got back around to Carnarvon . We were in a whole orbit depressurized . Yes , I don ' t think people quite realize that . We ' ll remind them . As we got to the hatch opening t hi ng , we had our first difficulties with the hatch . The gain gear , I guess you want to call it--actually I call it the ratchet didn ' t want to engage into the UNLOCK position .
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