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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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162 C~l'IFIOeNllAL White McDivitt White sunglasses. They both could have adapted. I didn't look into the bright sun straight ahead. Well, the first time I looked into the bright sun, the first thought I had was, "Boy! Am I glad I 've got this vis::>r on!" I know you mentioned it on the radio. --because I was looking right atraig-ht into the sun. I had to look into it t o attach the camera onto the a:iapter section. I d-:m' t normally wear sunglasses. As you know, Jim, I have never worn sunglasses very much , and I didn't n::>tice it from then on, through·~ the t Lme I was out. I hail n::> impulse whatever to lift my visor . My vision was a.s clear as I co·..i.ld have expected it to be without the visor. There are a few design points in the visor that we could make better and· I'll briefly go into them right now. When you are seated in the spacecraft one visor slips up underneath the other a~d back along the back of your helmet, so th~t instead of resting on your helmet on the headrest you're resting the visor o~ the headrest. You certainly aon't want to do that. The visor should be restrained in some manner from slipping up along the back of the
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