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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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205EOt~FIDENf~L White McDivitt McDivitt White McD:i vi t t White McDivitt Whi t e McDivitt Whi te McDivitt dumps , medical data passes and that was a bout it . The next M- 3 Experiment s wer e all par t of medical data passes. I don't even lrnow why they ' re in the flight plan . I couldn ' t figur e that o:1t either. We did an HF Check. Check began at 16 58 30 GMT , and ran on t hrough 19 07 00 GMT ; this inc luded the sunrise , sunset , day , night--all the HF checks and we' ll cover those in the experiment part of our d ebrief ing. During this period of 16 58 30 GMT to 19 07 00 GMT , we did the HF Checks . Oh, here it is! Command Pilot asleep . Where? At 11 : 45 Zulu . Pilot awake at 11 : 30 , I do~'t know when I went to sleep here . Okay . Let's check that some other time . Okay . I t'll take a long t i me to sort that out and I don ' t think he needs that right away . All right . I got Command Pilot asleep at 11 : 45 , Okay. I don't have me up or asl eep or anything. What I ' ve got here in my notes is , Ed to bed at
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