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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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158 McDivitt Whi t e McDivitt White McDivitt There were a lot of things we could do. We could have gone around several orbits working on cl osing the hatch. That wasn ' t the last time we were going to get a chance to close it . So , there were things left if we understood , and ot her procedures we could have used to go ahead and close it . When we got it cl osed back in , I was completely soaked wasn ' t I? Yes . You were really bushed . Swea t was j us t pouri ng down . In fact , I could hardl y see . It was in my eyes . So I told you , "Just sit ther e and I ' ll ge t a r epr ess . Don ' t even move for 30 minutes ." I just left the r epress valve wher e it was . I closed the vent valve and we had a lot of in•• structions from the ground to close the water seal and e. A1ole bunch of other things that didn 't make any sense to me . I knew that the spacecraft was repres surizing. I watched . There wasn ' t anyt hing else ttat we had to do right then , and we were both bushed , especia lly Fd . He was perspir '.ng so that I could har dly see him inside the fact plate . So , I just said ,"You sit there and I ' ll sit here and we'll just coast around . COl<IFIDEt•cFFi:A"l.
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