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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.
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121 White McDivitt White White McDivitt White ce,~F~f>ENsrlAL worthwhile. On one of my passes back to the adapter area I got so far back that I was about 3 or 4 feet from the adapter separation plane, perpendicular to it . It was rather jagged . There did appear to be some sharp edges but it really didn't look very imposing to me . I took a picture of it . That's one picture that I believe was good and should come out. The trouble is it was probably set on infinity and you were up about 5 feet . No , I set the camera to about 15 feet or so . It might be a little fuzzy because it was too close. No, I didn ' t see the far side of the adapter . It didn't go all the way around . I think I could have pushed off and gotten back that far. No . Better to s t ay away from it. Well, I felt that if I got going I could h~ve swung all the way around and had my umbilical right on the edge, without anything to hold on to or any gun to control myself. This didn't seem like it was at all safe and I had told Chris that I wouldn ' t go behind the craft. So I didn ' t go back there . -e(:)'Nf ro ENrttrt
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