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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.
White McDivitt White McDivitt €0tt<tFIDENTIA-6- 107 By golly , I did . So I must of mounted it four times . That ' s right , I knocked it off one time during this time when I was out there . I got the picture of the egress , and then I asked you t o hand me the gun . At this t i me the camera wasn ' t running. I had the glove on my l eft hand , and I went ahead and t ook t he gun and made sure that it was ready to go. I had the camer a on at that time and the val ve was on . I checked the valve to be sure it was on and I was essent iall y ready to go . I don ' t know how l ong this took , but it took me longer than I thought . We had had early egress and it wasn ' t too much bef ore I got the GO t hat I was ready to leave the spacecraft . I ' m not sur e whether we got that GO from Hawaii or Guaymas . I sort of suspect that we got that GO f r om Hawaii , not Guaymas as we had originally planned . Well , it sure seemed short from the time I was mounting all t hat stuff out there to the time you told me go. That ' s right . I ' m sure we were talking to Hawaii , and they said you ' re clear to proceed -ee·NFI0EN 1=·1Ab.
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