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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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140 CO i'<I FIf)EMlt:itt McD:ivitt White White McDj_vitt White That would ·:iave ·j'.lSt taken longer . It wo'.l.ld have taken precious seco::ids out of the very few thA.t we had anyway . I th i.nk y0u sho'..lld ha•re j 1st unhook.~d it and throW!'t the g'1fl ::;,w:~y . This was probably the thing that I was most irritated with not completing. I dii.1 ' t .feel the pictu.ces were satisfactory with the can,~ra out side. But I think the reason was that my camera was not in a position so 1 could use it adeqciat ely . But coming back in was the last thing . As a matter-of-fact , before I dismounted the movie camera A-nd dismounted the urnb ~lic:,,1, I folded th,, gi.ln . I took the l::;,nyard off with the camera on it, and handed Jim the gun and the camera . A.11d I stuck it d:,wn between my legs . Tha t was thfi first thing that I handed in . Then I handed in the 16 mm -~am•=ra , and then I threvt away the umbilical . Thls wa8 where the fun s l;,,u· ~..::.1. I f1)11nd it wa.r:i ::;, 1 )t mo:-::-e difficult coming b.3.ck in tha.::i I had :remembered in the zero g training. It seemed like I was contacting both sides of the hatch at the same time , much firmer than I had in the zero--g ai cplane . co~~FIOENflAl
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