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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.
22 eot~FIDE~~"f1At pick out windshear • on them. How about you , Ed? White No. McDivitt Did you see any attitudes? White No . McDivitt No big divergences from windshea r . 2. 8 DC~ Updates White We got both of our ros updates right on time- H'45 a.nd 2 : 25 , McDivitt No comment . Ed is in charge of ros updates . White I ' m the button pusher. I do everything about pushing the buttons . McDivitt I can do this with this little stick. White You can do it unless I have my knee over it . 2. 9 Engin,®. 1 Operation McDivitt They operated the way they were supposed to as far as I could tell . The tank pressures stayed up fi~ on both Engine 1 and Engine 2. There was never any doubt in my mind that they were going to stay up there . There weren't any of those things like we saw in those simulations where they came on down pretty low on the gages when they were supposed to be at 18 or 15. There wasn't anything like that . They just stayed on up there. €0t'1Flf7ENf 1Al
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