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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.
20 2 ,4 Aerodynamics McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt Whi te co~~FIDE~~TIAt: We were getting aerodynamic noise, which built up to max q . We got some pretty good vibrations at max q . That's where I had the most vibrations . It was just shaking like this . It was vibrating and noisy. That was the loudest noise we received the whole flight. Right after max q it got very qui et . This is where I had the most vibrations . There were more than I expected. Yes, me too. You can ' t simulate this in a simula tor . You get more vibrations than you do noise . The only thing they have in the simulator is noise, they don't have vibrations . It was pretty loud and the spacecraft was actually shaking around a lot. It was really vibrating. Yes, it was . More than I expected . The whole thing was really going at it . Almost like a F-80 or a T-33 at a.bout 0.8 Mach. Very good analogy. 2. 5 Environmental Control System White The cabin started venting shortly after lift-off ~O~ ◄ FltJEf<tftAL
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