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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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307 McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt .CO~~FID[tqffAL right arm lift up and I saw him pull his left one up. No, I didn't get my left one up. I made three passes and I said to heck with it. I thought you got it. I struggled with mine end finally got it up. I had both of mine up, and you went on and completed the checklist . I knew Ed wanted me to get my D-ring out because I was the guy that was going to have to bail us out. Again I'd come down with this big bag of stuff resting on my legs up against the bottom of the seat, and as we approached 35 000 feet, I pulled this up in my lap, and just held it. We had agreed that Jim would do the ejection if we had to, and I would just take the ride. I didn't W1stow my D-ring. I just sat there. That 's why I made pretty sure that Jim got his out. After we got on the main, we went through and turned off all the switches, just as we were planning on doing it. I turned off all the switches on the middle circuit breaker panel except the ones on the last couple of rows. I
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