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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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172 White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White CO ► J Flf)fNf1M I think , initially , where I was holding the attitude, yo'J. didn't have that much trouble . Of course, you weren ' t pushing 13.S hard ei·~her, be cause you had the gun . No , I wasn't . Later on , when we started free drifting, you w,~re ba~k behind m~J where I couldn ' t see. Did you feel me stomping around back on the adapter and hitting the adapter . Weil, I felt you hitting things back behind me and once you went behind the line thEit was dir ectly over'.,.ead the spacecraft. l cottldn ' t see you t hrough your open hatch. I never reaEy had a good co.!ltact with the adapter back there . Just as -:,.r,21 l . We W':r:.ildn ' t want to disturb those • radiator tubes too much . No, Well, now that we 're back, we'll have some conclusions on the adapter area . I made it a point right from the beginning -~o take a look at the thermal lines , the thermal p~int on the adapter. It looked like it was in good shape . It was all there. There was discolor ation arou.~d the attitude thrusters , particularly, GONFIDEt>ilTIA!
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