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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.
24 White McDivitt White McDivitt White McDivitt 2.12 BEX;O McDivitt - COt~FIDEt ◄ TIM No . I could feel it . It wasn't uncomfortable enough where I had to l ift my head or anything. I wasn't thinking about a pogo at all . It wasn't like I was trying to sit there and think about it. But as we were going along I could feel this vi bration. And then it just crossed my mind, well t here is pogo, and then we went on to staging. But it wasn ' t bad at all . The amplitude must have been-- You were paying more attention to your clocks while I was watching the system ,gages and I wasn't really aware of the times that were going on. I had my eyes- - It came around 2: 15 or so and lasted to about 2:30. Maybe it was 2: 10 or 2:05 , but it wasn't bad . We had one area that I will get into later that I haven't told you about and that I didn't like. Oh . So , I think we hit the pogo and the g ,.s . Engine shut down properly. The lights came on. Engine~- 2 light went out and the Engine 1 lights went out. Just the way it was supposed to at B~O and staging. Two Stage 1 lights ON , Stage 2 EOt<I flf)Et ◄ Tl1'c b
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