Edward Higgins White
Edward Higgins "Ed" White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American test pilot and astronaut. He was the first American to take a "spacewalk," leaving the safety of his spaceship while in space and moving around outside in a spacesuit.
Edward H. White II | |
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| Born | November 14, 1930 |
| Status | Deceased |
| Died | January 27, 1967 (aged 36) Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Test pilot |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel, USAF[1] |
Time in space | 4 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes |
| Selection | Group 2 (1962) |
| Missions | Gemini 4, Apollo 1 |
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On June 3, 1965, White flew into space as pilot of Gemini 4. This was the second trip by astronauts in NASA's Project Gemini. White was able to get out of his spaceship in outer space, an activity called a spacewalk, then get back in and come home. (The Soviet Union had already done that earlier in the same year.) The trip lasted until June 7, 1965.
White died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee during a test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (then known as Cape Kennedy), Florida.
Edward Higgins White Media
- Gemini-4-logo.png
Gemini 4 mission emblem
- The families of Gemini 4 astronauts in Mission Control in Houston.jpg
The families of Gemini 4 astronauts visit Mission Control in Houston. Right to left: Patricia McDivitt, Bonnie White, Patricia White, flight controller Christopher Kraft, and Edward White III.
- Gemini 4 McDivitt and White with training plans.jpg
Edward White with Jim McDivitt (left) reading training plans for Gemini 4 mission
- Apollo 1 fire.jpg
Charred remains of the Apollo 1 Command Module, in which White was killed along with Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee
One of two Apollo 1 memorial plaques at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34
Ed White III touches his father's name engraved in the Space Mirror Memorial at the KSC Visitor Complex.
Plaque on Launch Complex 34 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida
References
- ↑ "Astronaut Bio: Edward H. White, II". NASA. December 1997. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
Other websites
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