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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
217~ENttAt- McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt Well , you weren't awake then. What time wa.s it, Jim? It says 07 18 37. You should have been asleep then . I have in my notes that you slept to 08 : 15, Well, I was like you were. I wasn ' t sleeping very good the last--quite often, I had my cover up watching out the window. You could a l ways hear everything that was going on the radio, so you knew pretty well what was going on. Well, anyway, Cairo and Alexandria were both clear , but this was the first time we'd seen them and it took a long time to find the targets- the particular target that we were looking for. We could find the Red Sea and we could . find the Mediterranean, obviously. You could see the Suez Canal . You could see the river. I had difficulty finding the town of Cairo . How about you, Fil., with Alexandria? You were looking for Alexandria . I found that one . You found the town all right, but finding the airfield that we were supposed to take a picture of was pretty difficult the first time. Later on eet<mDENTl,t(l.
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