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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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White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White we eliminated the last two steps in it . We did the zero bank angle and the pitch up and down. We did the zero pitch angle and the roll left and right . We did the bank to one side and the pitch up and down ,and we did the pitch up and the bank on both sides . We didn ' t do the pitch down and the bank on both sides ,and we didn't do the roll left and the pitch up and down. We were running late and at that time I didn ' t know how we were doing on electrical' power and everything, so I elected not to do t he last two portions of the check. We had it pretty well ironed out , anyhow . Yes . Surprisingly broad bands , too. The scanners seemed to be working perfectly . The attitude thruster check was just as it should have been . We powered down the platform and turned off the MSC Experiment No . 1 about two minutes late . We powered down at 13:27. Okay , seven minutes late . We never did take any 16 mm pho tos of the plumes . Before you went to sleep on t his one . <iONFIDENTIA~
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