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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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191C6~+Fl,0EN:r+A-b McDivitt White McDivitt White why I didn. ' t t:iL:k about it. I got instruc t ions from the ground to maintain the oxygen pressure at between 930 and 960 with the o2 High Rate . This is the time I told them that the Command Pilot was asleep and I ' d prefer to do it at a later time . I think they called me back a few times on it ; finallJ, when it got up to about 960 I went ahead and dumped it . It scared me to death ! The o2 High Rate started filling the cabin up , pressurizing it up around 5.4. At 5,4 on the button the vent val ve relieved and Jim about came through the top of the hatch . I was there half asleep with my gl oves off , my visor down , and a cover over . Trie cabin vented and the cabin pressur e dropped about 3/10 of a pound . I knew that I didn ' t have my gloves on and I figure , "Boy, I am going to have to get those gloves on in the next half a second or I'm going to be--" He didn ' t get his gloves on but he sure was thrashing around for a littl e while til I got him the word . I didn ' t want to wake him up .
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