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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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181 McDivitt Whi.te cor~FIDENTI QJ.,. adapter without being attached to the space craft, I ' d only need two or thr-ee time the a'.'llount . I'd be happy co go with that . There are some problems in th,~ capability to alin9 on,3 1 s self onto an object . I think chasing the booster around points this o~t. You say you'd be willing to go away becaur-Je the spacecraft can oome and g~t you . Admittedly it can, but kseping in mind the difficulty wa had with th9 booster . I don ' t really an~i~Lpate us ever get ting into the situat Lon like that beca~1se ;rou I d never get so far away that you're in different orbits, like we were with the booster--. What I vis·,.1al i.ze is a 25 to 50 foot operation where you ' re goL'lg ou.t to investigate ei -l:her a.."lot~1er spacecraft or another satellite up there, or making a trans.fer similar to the type of trans fer that we visualize as a backup mode for Apollo. I think with the gun I had , if tbc LEM and the Com mand Module were there , I'd be satisfi ed, .i,0 d9part the Command Module aJ.l.d maneuver over to the LEM situated 10 t0 20 feet away from the Comma·'ld Module. I feel I coul::l io that at the present time. I d:m ' t think it would be a very smart -=cot~FH)ENT+Ab-
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