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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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327 White Very good sight . The best sight , boy , was seeing that yellow thing around the spacecraft . • I guess I knew we were going to be able to file out pretty quick . 7.9 Egress McDivitt As I menti oned ear lier, we had decided to go out with our gloves back on and our neck dams on. I stood up in rny seat , disconnected our survival landing gear (rny other hoses were disconnected so that I could stand up), inflated both of the May Wests, snapped them together in the front , and I just jumped right over into the life raft. I landed right on my can, just like I had planned it. It was so good to get out of there . F,d got out . He jumped in too. White When I got out I actually leaped in before I inflated rny May West and I think either you or-- McDivitt I told you. As a matter of fact, when we talked it over in the spacecraft about getting out , F,d said, "Aren't you going to inflate your May West?" And I sa~d, "Okay', and then he got out without inflating his. White I was so happy to see that raft I jumped right -CONFID.WIJAL.
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