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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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131 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White ,,CQ.N-FIE>fNll'M. Yes, it ' s white. I felt that this wasn ' t quite the thing to grab onto , this was at the ti~e when I want ed to get out at about 10 or 12 feet directly in front of the spacecraft. I certainly had the urge to hang onto the antenna and push myself out. But I didn't and ther e really wasn't anything to hold onto . You really need somethine to stabilize yourself. I worked around the open hatch . Let me ask you a question? How about putting the hand-hold inside of the nose cone? A fairing is up there for launch , just the fairing.We could mount a hand-hold right inside. I think we could have rea'lly made som ,~ money if we had had an attachment for the tether out there right on the nose o.f the spacecraft. Strong the tether out there and then attached there? Right . Rave a seoond attach point and put it right out there. It would give you something to hold onto out there. Yes . There wasn't anything to hold onto o~ the R & R Section. ..-::eeNFIDENTIAI:-
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