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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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210 White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDi v.itt back to bed at 23 : 15 , " That ' s all Zulu time , but I don ' t see when he finally got up for the last time . Maybe I 've got it in here . We had another map update in there but it's really not important . We scratchsd the Apollo Lanirnark Investigation-- What time did yo~ have me asleep? 23 : 15 , Jim? Okay, well I obviously was up shortly t her eafter because I got on the horn and you were asleep when t hey called us up and told us we ' d. passed the U.S . space record-- That's rig},t . At a little past 32 hours,which is 23 :15 . That ' s 32 hours . The s pace r ecord was 32 h~ur s . We cancelled the Apollo La1dma:rk Investigation , Run 3 , a t 30 hours and 10 minutes . Got t hat , Ed? Yes . We didn ' t switch to bio-med r ecorders . I made a note here early i n the flight plan on the bio- med r ecorders, "Ed slept f irst and turned No . 1 off." When I slept , we forgot to turn it back Ofl , so we had No . l off , and No . 2 on for a long t ime ,
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