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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.
45 White McDivitt White McDivitt White .-CQ~qfl9tNTIAL That' s correct . I could put yours in fairly easy. That's right . I think that when you turn towards the center of the spacecraft , you end up with more room than if you turned to the outside . You can ' t see a thing if you are turning toward the outside . This is probably covered later, but my hose lengths were not long enough to permit me to turn all the way around , I knew this when we went through We ight and Balance . I knew my hoses were not long enough but it was too late , as far as I was concerned, t o change them at that ti~ . But, I couldn't see the holes on my side to insert the drogue pin. I couldn ' t see the holes for your drogue pin either, but I could get a better view of them over there so I knew approximately where t o put the pin , I think in all respects the drogue pins are not satisfactory. You just can't see them ; the pins are incorrect, the holes are in correct, and I think we can certainly do better with them . I think what Ed is saying is that it 's lousy. That's right. In two letter words, it stinks ! This is the way the batteries were reading out when I checked them at insertion. And this is what CO ► 4FIDE~~rft"AI:
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