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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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271 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt Whi t e McDivitt was gone . That ' s when Ed hollered , "'l'here go the pump packages ! I see two pump packages out there . Just exactly what John Young said!" They separate right off to the left side . Jim couldn ' t see them because of the position of his head . I could see them . That 's right . I never saw them at all . I could clearly see the t wo pumps together on the mounting and mounted together. They were right together. And I'll back John up to hilt on tha t one. I saw t hem too . We got the ad~pter separated with all the at tendent flying pump packages . Quite a flourish , isn ' t it? Right . I t sure is . It was a big bang. There ' s no doubt about it . At TR- 30 , the TR- 30 Sequence Light s ceme on , and at that t:Lme Ed said , "The s aquence 1 ights came on about a second or a second and a half in advance. " So , I armed retro squibs , and we discussed whether or not to punch off the Auto- re t r o Button or not . If the TRS was fast, I didn't
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