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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.
108 White McDivitt White with EVA. And that ' s when I went . I bet we went out at Hawaii . I think we went out at Hawaii. I delayed from the time you gave just a minute , long enough to actuate the camera on the outside . This was kind of interesting. When I actuated that camera, I had D\Y gun tied to my arm with the tether . It floated freely to my right . I turned back around and turned the switch ON on the camera, and listened and made sure the thing was running. I knew it was running, and put it down. I think you'll see t his on the film. I wanted to be sure it was running when I mounted it back there . I actually took it off and turned it on, and I remember it jiggling up and down when I was trying to stick it on there . It ought to be a funny looking film . And it might even show the gun floating beside me as I was mounting it . That ' s when you said, "Slow d own. You ' re getting awfully hot . " I was working pretty hard to get that on. I mounted the camera again and this is where I tried to actually maneuver right out
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