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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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White McDivi tt -cot ◄ FIE>Et~TIAl They tried to communicate with us a couple of times after we came out of the blackout and before we put the drogue out . I didn't hear exactly what he was saying. He wasn't hearing anything I was saying either as far as I could tell . He wasn ' t acting like he heard what I was saying . He gave us our blackout times of 5+23 and 9+21, and there really wasn't too much we could do to check these out . After we got the main chute deployed , I told Ed , "Quick! Take your blood pressure ." The chute came out around 7500 fee t or so , and when we finally got the thing dereefed we were floating down nice and gently . F.d s tarted taking t he blood pressure, and it seemed like it took an eternally long time . By the time we got down around 5300 feet or so , I said, " F.d , get the blood pressure done because at 5000 feet we're going to go to a two-point attitude." He fooled around and fooled around and fooled around . Finally we got down to 5000 feet and I said , "Ed, you ' ve got about three or four more seconds , and we ' re going to two- point attitude . " It was a l ittle s l ow. I don ' t know why.White
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