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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.
82 GQ ~JT IA.L White McDivitt White McDivitt McDivitt The Control Mode Check was a catch- as- catch can . You did unstow, the equip~ent that we were supposed to unstow . The bl ood pressure bulb, the Hasselblad camera and its packs , a11d a 16 mm camera. During this time when I was chasing the booster , I did manage to get to reach back behind my seat and pull out the bracket for the 16 mm c amera. You tracked the booster while I smoothed the thi.ng ou t . That I s right . We didn ' t get out the urine nozz l e . How about the utility cord? Did you get out that fancy utility 0ord , the three- axis utility cord? Yes, I knew where i t was. I didn't give it to you beca~se you didn ' t need it . No , I didn ' t need it . That ' s right . As Ed said, we did not pressure check our suits a t 30 minutes like we were supposed to . There ' s this little thing here that says meas11re all LV~ . All I did was put the co~puter in Catch- Up, hit the Start Comp button, and just l et the numbers fall where t hey would. At the time that we stopped chasing the booster around , I had about 60 f eet/ second in one window, C-O~ ◄ Ftf}EMTIAL
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