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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.
“Cairo”3 pages
216 McDivitt White McDivitt White GO t ◄f-tB ENTIltt- We didn't do any of the Orbit Nav Checks with fuel so it was just a matter if you could see the ground you did one. They called up some more S-6 information for me, but I wasn ' t to use any fuel on it . They said I was to pass Typhoon Babe at 06 : 06, point of closest approach , and there was a new storm brewing. I ' d have rny closest approach to it at 06 : 13 . Oh, yes . I also have a period that Ed slept here . Which time was that? Well, you got up at 08 : 15, Zebra time . That 's about 40 hours and 30 minutes elapsed time . I drifted around to where I could see Typhoon Babe, but there wasn ' t anything to take a picture of , There was just a mass of clouds down below; smooth tops and nothing worth even a frame . I got another update that said : "Over Cairo on the 26th Rev I ' d have rny closest approach at 07 13 37 . It would be 90 miles slant range on the closest approach. Don ' t use any fuel . We were just supposed to look at it. We did pick up Cairo and Alexandria both . I think you were awake at that time, weren't you? It was the tail end of my sleep cycle .
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