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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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314 I White McDivitt White 7. 3 Communications McDi vitt thing that I didn ' t do was to take my helmet off and stow it . I did get my arm restraints down. didn ' t put my drogue mortar pins in until I was getting out , and I never did put my seat pin in . It doesn ' t say on the checklist to put it in . I put your seat pin in. :lli put my seat pin in for me . Now , we'd got all the switches in the right positions, I think , except one . I forgot to put my FDI to the OFF position. I think all other switches were all right . All our pyrotechnics were safed . I talked on UHF. I talked with Omnibus; and I finally was talking to Inkspot 64 , the helicopter. I talked to him and I heard him, and we established excellent UHF communications . I heard Gus coming through the auto cap two times, I think--very weak , almost unintelligible . I think he was asking how we were , or if they had us yet . I kept making transmissions in the blind to him . I don ' t think he was ever getting any of them. Ed operated the HF , and what do you have to say about that? Okay. I put the antenna out and turned the HF on,White
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