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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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316 -COt ◄ FIDE ► ffl A,b were 48 miles from the ship. Well, anyway, I was pretty sure we were 48 miles from the ship. Then I heard them calling back and forth saying the helicopters were only 15 or 20 miles away, and they were there in just a.bout nothing flat . We had a good status report on where everybody was. They were on our frequency, and I could hear them dumping their swimmers into the water and standing by and t hrowing smoke bombs out and seeing the dye markers ; and we ha.d more activity than the fourth of July. 7. 4 Systems Configuration McDivitt Okay , as we hit the water, Ed closed the inlet snorket to make sure we didn ' t get any £umes in as I punched the farachute .Jetti son. Shortly after that when we decided for sure that we wouldn't see any fumes-~ve sort of talked about it a little bit and I peeked out and I guess you peeked out . Didn't see anything but steam coming out of the thrusters and then saw the dye marker out there-- I reached up and re-opened the inlet snorkel. White That's right . McDivitt I put the recirc valve at 45 degrees. White Actually, shortly after we got on the water, I
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