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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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240 C@t ◄ Fi0EN-llAk= McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDi vitt White ran through this test and pitched up and ran through --. The Contarex. You used the Contar ex. T hat ' s right. We did this at a bout 78 : 30 , and I went to sleep at 79-- No , we didn ' t . We did this at 76 : 30 , Jim. 76 : 30? I have 78 : 30 . I just took on Rev 51. You 're correct . That Rev 51 they called up wasn ' t right . Okay , we did it at 21 :40 , which I have as equivalent to 78 : 25 . Then at 80 hour s I went to sleep. You went to sleep about 80 hours elapsed time. That ' s r ight . Okay , while you were asleep , I ran a D- 8 . In fact , I had quite a bit to do while you were asleep this time . I ran a D- 8 at 23 : 57 , These are all Zulu times . I turned on the MSC- 2 and 3 at 23: 57 , This is where I had the requirement to attitude hold , small-end forwa r d , thr ough the anomaly. On the first pass through at 23 : 57 to 01 : 30 , I didn ' t feel that I had a good atti tude . From 23 : 57 to 01 : 15 I di dn ' t feel my attitude s mal l-end-f or ward was satisfactory. G20t<iFIDENTIAt
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