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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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236 C6~4flDENl~AL McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivi t t White McDivitt White McDivitt I hadn ' t gone to sleep on that one . Before I went to sleep . Before you went t o sleep , yes . Okay D- 9 - Wr-: were really busy at this period of time . Yes , a D- 9 at 20: 51 Zulu .· I have a feel i ng I was asleep here , Jim. I think you were , Ed. You went to sleep at 71 : 15 . 71 : 15? Right. I did the D- 9 Experiment at 20: 15 . At what time, Jim? At 20 : 15 , So you di d the D- 9 while I was asleep. I have a note here that we ' re going to be over Guaymas at 15 44 55 . They wanted a No . 1 Medical Pass f r om me . They wanted me to turn the TM switch to REAL TIME and ACQUISITION for three minutes over Guaymas . Guaymas must have lost it ' s command function or something -- not for the whole time though . Yes , t his is where I was asleep, Jim. I re member t hat now. Okay, now I have a comment here . I turned on our horizon scanner at 16: 03 with about a 25 degree
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