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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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163 McDivitt White McDivitt White helmet. Also, my visor was quite difficult for me to raise and lower. Once it was dowr it fit quite snugly, for which I was happy. But it was difficult for me to raise and lower. It was actually a two-handed operation, which is one of the reasons why I didn't raise it outside; although, I had no impulse to raise it when I was outside. I think that we might be able to design them to be raised up and down more easily. Let me make a comment on that visor . I never did see any need for the little lexion visor . That's exactly the point I was going to get to next. I think that one single visor made as close to the helmet liner as possible, p~oviding the maximum amount of headroom and a minimum amount of interference, is what we actually need. I don ' t believe we need that lexion outer visor. As they pointed out to us, it doesn't really protect, because it bows in a.~d it doesn't really give you the protection th~t it should be affording. I would recommend one visor, one sun visor only. It'll be simpler to operate . I think so, too. Okay. The ·v;ntillation Control Module, I can say CO ►~f JE>EN+IA..L
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