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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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151 McDivitt White McDivitt White opened it . We both had a.."l inklirig that this was going to happen when we opened it the first time . But this posed the problem of when I reached up with my left arm to work the gain lever. It takes a great deal :>f force . This isn ' tthe direct io:2 that the suit is designed to reach in . And it tak~s a great deal of force to lift your arms up in the vicinity of your helmet to operate something there. In so doing it pulled me back up :)Ut of the seat . An1 I think this is the time that Jim noticed that I was up higher than I had ever been before, and he actual ly felt that my helmet was up against the hatch. I tend to agree that I was up in that posi t ·ion. Yes . I actually pulled Ed 1own in the seat by pulling on the--. I think so. I did it in steps. I'd pull down and 3d woul-i cooe down. Then I'd pull some more , he'd ~ome down some more. I was actually pushing up with my left hand and IJl.Y helmet was wedged right up against the hA.tch. I had a little bit of area in which they actually see t he dogs that I was working with up there .
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