- Ed White: [spacewalking] I could stay out here all day.
- James McDivitt: Well, let's see what the Flight Director says.
- Chris Kraft: The Flight Director says "Get back in!"
- [Gemini 8 has just made an emergency landing in rough seas]
- Neil Armstrong: Na-Ha Rescue 1, Gemini 8... Na-Ha Rescue 1, Gemini 8...
- [silence on radio]
- Neil Armstrong: They ain't out there.
- Dave Scott: Three to five foot waves, sure. They didn't say anything about these swells. The fumes from the heat shield really helped... ugh...
- Dave Scott: [grabs bag and vomits]
- Dave Scott: [recovering] Do you even think they know we're here, Neil?
- Neil Armstrong: Not to worry Dave. If nothing else, we'll just float along to China. -Oh god, give me that bag!
- [retches]
- [Gemini 8 has docked with the Agena Target Vehicle]
- Neil Armstrong: Flight, we are docked. It's... really a smoothie.
- Dave Scott: We have serious problems here... we're tumbling end over end up here. We're disengaged from the Agena.