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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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85 White McDivitt White McDivitt White We thought that if the booster was stationar~ we could get in close to it . We could essentially fly a formation by it with mo~e a:titude co:1trol than translation control , which l eft me then free to help F.d assemble al l this stuff for the EV~. Well , it turned out that I didn ' t dare take my eyes off the booster for half a second . So all tne things that we were supposed to do together up until the t ime we f inally said goodby to the booster , Ed had to accomplish himB11lf . I was completely unable to help him. The only thing I ma.~aged to do was to unstow the 16 lllDl camera bracket and put the 16 mm camera on. I ~ouldn ' t quite get at that one . No . I could nardly get to it . So we w~re probably behind at t he hour mark. Right? Yes . Not by an awful lo ~. I knew we had a probl em with the booster , and I was more concerned with our problem with the booster t han getting the gun and stuff o:it then . I f elt that they w~re both tied together and onc e w~ l ost t he booster we didn ' t have a EONFIDEN :f.lAt"
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