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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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164 White White CQtqflOr:NTl"L without qualification, worked exactly as it was planned to work. There was not one complaint that I had with it. It provided me with the proper flow. The flow was lass than with the no.:-mal ECS suit system, but it was adequate to keep me cool and ventilated, except for two times during the flight. Those times were when I atta~hed the camera right before departing the spacecraft and reen t erdngthe spacecraft. But I think it performed without fault. The umbilical was another item that I thought performed its part of the flight quite well. had no complaints about it. I did tend to get it tangled up with the bag and the strings that were attached to the bag during EVA. I am very thankful that we decided to design the gloves in the manner in which we did, the two piece glove that was easily donned or doffed under pressurized conditions. As it turned out, I took them on and off twice while pressuri zed. I was quite happy that we had them designed in this manner. As it turned out, the heat on t he side of the spacecraft, or the cold on the side of the spacecraft when we ca.:ne out of the dark I
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