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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.
McDivltt ~Ot~R0ENrtAf~ s1 fooling with the booster . I think this was ·.t.n extremely wise dP.cisioo . I got to Guaymas and I said the booster was pull ing aw,zy from us . We ' d already used abo~t 100 6.V to stay with it , and I r ecommended that w~ just give up on it . We had to get a dee ision imm,0idiatel y because I couldn ' t stay with it and 11ot use f\1el at the same t Lme . They came back from Texas. I talked to Guaymas and got their confirmation from Texas , which was only a "Tlatter o.f a couple of m'i.nutes , saying leave the booster . Th9.t was about the only thing tney could 3ay . Wnite McDivitt And this was the time I went after the gun . Okay . At th9.t time we reve.rted fror:i station keeping , which we were both attempting to do to EVA preparation, which we both had to do . I Thats when Ed went after the gun, and we st8J'.'ted our ...,c,.;pa::at.i.0.11 . We wc-::-do ' t .rea1 ly far bt-~h..:.nd llt this time . All WH had to do was get the gun out and get the m!'l.neuvering unit . The cameras we·c(: already out . You had the Zeiss too , didn ' t yo~? -E0NFIDENTJAL
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