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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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McDivitt Whi t e McDivitt 6 . 10 Single-Point White McDivit t White McDivitt White McDivitt 305 I didn't want to trust that altimeter . Ed kept fooling around with that blood pressure without getting any air out of it, and finally I said , "Okay, Ed , we're going to go to two point." I guess by then he had the blood pressure completed, I think we got a good blood pressure . So , just like we ' d always practiced, I said, "3, 2, 1 , MARK ",and punched the single-point re lease . R~lease We both had our heads braced up on our arms. We had our arms up on the windshield and my head wasn't exactly on my arm. Was yours? My head was on the arm and pressed over to the side of the spacecraft. I was well wedged in , I felt. So was I. My head went forward a little bi t, back a little bit, then back up forward again , and it didn ' t hit anypl ace. Did yours? No. I had my head pressed on my arm the whole time. I don't believe it left the arm very much , because I actually had it wedged from behind , too. So , I thought going to two-point was a lot less violent than the ~ide oniihe d:t'ogue. •CO1\1 FI i;> E~~TIAt:
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