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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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292 McDivitt White cor~FtOENr~~ So , we had 1/10 g and we thought· we had 3 . .And we both felt this way . The g 's went up to a bout 7 1/2 . They told us we would probably get 8 g ' s coming down . When we got the instrument positions back from the spacecraft , the post landing switch positions, they had the g- meter marked at 7 1/2 g ' s , and I suspect that ' s probably about as high as it went . Now , I ' m telling you this was really a piece of cake . I thought that maybe 7 1/2 g ' s aft~r being out there for so long would be tough , but I di.dn ' t even have to breathe hard to get any air , I just lay there and relaxed and enjoyed the whole thing , and I really got a big kick out of that reentry . We chatted back and forth . We talked through the whole g- load, and I was watching outside and inside . I was looking out quite a bit of the time when things were going so smoothly, particularly the g- load . When you get to the high g's , you might as well look out, because you ' re not going to do anything about it , and I noticed no dimming in vision . Everything was as clear as a bell . Not a speck. I could see -CONfJDENTIJXt
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