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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.
80 McDivltt White McDivitt White McDtvitt from th~~1 on? Now this wasn ' t representative that we lost UHF No . 1 beca1lse w0 used bo:h of the sets at different tiJWS throughout the mj_ssion later 0:1 . But at this particula:-:- time , UHP 1 didn ' t give us good reception 13:1d we swi toblern. I Didn t you thL1k so? But you know we went back to reentry a n tenna, over Carna:::-vo:i one tine . WH got just as good r~cept i ::>:1 o.ff of it that ti.me as we di.d any other ti-:ne . I remember when you were rnak i.ne- yo·.1r Cornmuni catio:J.s Check. That wa.1 ·.-.r1hm I was ai:;leep. You were ,;h ecki :,1g the two and you end<id up with the r eentry antenna . Yes , later on in the flight , as I said, at the end o.f the fi r. st d9-Y or :30. We seemed t o get better communications . fact , I W'.:iS a little concerned that the comm ..micati.ons w1;re so lousy th~t W'; might h1we ce~~FIDEl~T~L
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