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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.
242 White No , I was called and t hey said, "Say we got a critical tape dump. We want you in a level attitude for it ." And I said , "Well, you just gave me instructions to watch Pegasus. " And they said, "No, we want the critical tape dump . " So I went right down to that attitude , and we got the dump off in time for me to go back up to the attitude prior to 02:28. I got up there about . 5 minutes prior to that time, but the sun , as Jim said , was up and was reflecting off the particles on the windshield, and I really couldn't see very much. I tried to see Pegasus , but I couldn 't see it . I turned MSC- 2 and ~ off at the appropriate times . We got instructions from Houston CAP COM to t ry a few things with the computer. We were to turn the computer off , the IGS on, the computer on at 20 minute intervals to try to r ecycle the mal l ight off. They thought that it might have been cold . €0Nft0·cNll~
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