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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.
13 1 , 7 Vibrations White McDivitt White 1,8 Visual White McDivitt White McDivitt cor:,-~FIDEl'~TIA I Those are closely associated with the sounds. Yes . I think that the engine gimbaling makes a tremendous vibration in the spacecraft and pre valves on opening and make a tremendous vibration. The gantry going back and forth vibrated the spacecraft. I don ' t think there is anything else , do you? No. Well, you can sure see the gantry lower and the whi te room disappear. That is about all you can see besides the sky. That's pretty impressive. That's when I sort of got excited,when the gantry went down. That ' s a new realm. I thought they were going to launch me. You're sitting there by yourself then, instead of all those people milling around. I do want to make one other comment on this visual thing . We did Wet Mock about one or two o'clock in the afternoon. The sun was shining right in the window, almost straight down, such that the sun came across my visor from about just at the GOt~FIDEMTIM
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