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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.
1 119 White McDivitt White McDivi tt We were discussing the EVA and I was si:1.ying that I spent approximately 70 percent of my time , it seemed , trying to get out of the area back a:1ove the spacecraft in the adapter area . Yes , you intended to go toward the position that was directly over the cockpit . You always arced passed it beca. 1,•11~ y ::n W1'l ce coming from the front . This was exa~ t ly rig'•rl. because that ' s exac Uy wher e my tether was connected . Chris had been very emphatic that he wanted me to stay out of this area , and I had agreed to stay out of there . I tell you , I was doing my level best to keep out but the tether dynamics just put me back there all the time . Let me inter ject something here. When we were talking about the control modes and how we were going to control the spacecraft , we decided on the Pulse Mode rather than the Horizon Scan Mode , or anything like th..,t . The Horizon Scan Mode would leave me free to use both hands to take pictures of you and that way I wouldn ' t have had to control the spacecraft . But since it CONFl0EN-'flA L~
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