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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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148 White McD:iv.itt COlwn and mo·,ed the handle once or t wice , it was oYer about a three or four rnin11te period , at l east . The ~orinal meth::>d of closing the hatch is for me to co~e d::>wi.1 and wedg➔ ~yself down , hold onto the llttle canvas handle up t~ere , a."1d ,c1.ctL1ally aJply a ur techniq·.1e we wollld alway::; use , and !:ever i n t he past , has Jim had to help mo: with t he hatch closing device . Thi.;, ·11as'.l.' t the c>:3.se this tl!lle . As so-::>n as I ha:i go-l;ten np ~here to operate the ga in lever, I co~ldn ' t ope~ate the canvas handle anymore . I co~li n't apply any torque O'."..' pull there beca,1se-- . N-::>t only that, b:.it you were actually pushi.ng yourself u p off the seat . And I 'm not sure that even the firs t ti .ne that WE; had the hatch closed far enough . It looked li.ke it was closed far eno•..igh . As a ms.tter of fac t , later on when we got it down to that posit:ion it looked li.ke it
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