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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.
262 White McDivitt White McDivitt Whi te McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt absence of noise from the aft-firing thrusters . I could hear the RCS firing , but I could not hear the aft- firing thrusters . I could hear them. You know how the "x" is like this? My ears were plugged up throughout the flight , so maybe you could hear t hem. I could hear them . That was in Rate Command . And stopping? Yes , I heard Rate Command. I knew what I was doing with the stick . Maybe what you were hearing was Rate Command. I was going to comment that the way that I was l istening to t hem':!: thought they were just cutting out . You were hearing the attitude thrusters , Ed . Here ' s what would happen . I would be thrus ting along and the thing would s t art deviating . It has a tendency to deviate more in yaw . I s i t continual? Did you hear it all the t ime ? Yes, almos t all the time except for pauses t hat were frightening, as the attitude would ~Nlf~
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