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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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245 McDivitt White GNFIDENTIAt thing turned off and ruined , we went ahead and turned the IGS Power Supply on, the computer on , and left it on the rest of the flight anyway . So , whoever sent those instructions accomplished it . I guess what he wanted to do was turn off the computer. He sure accomplished that . It seemed to me like it would have been more worthwhile to leave the thing on till we got a little more data out of the thing, instead of rushing to get it tur ned of f t he way they d.L<.l, I don't understand it . I don't feel that it was a wise decision . Unfortunately, I didn ' t have the electrical power consumption at my fingertips right then, or I never would have turned the thing off. Okay, I guess we're over about 86 hours . I got up at 86 hours . That ' s one of the longest rest periods that I ' ve had . At 05 48 45 Zulu we were supposed to perform a D-9 Experiment , and I guess we did . Then I have in my notes that Ed went to sleep at 87 hours elapsed time . And this was my five hours of very good sleep . ~ONFIDENT~A4,
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