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Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American aeronautical engineer, United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1 .
Nov 13, 2023 · Quick Facts. White was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. White was named as a member of the second astronaut class selected by NASA in September 1962. White was the pilot for Gemini 4, which was a 66-revolution, 4-day mission that began on June 3, and ended on June 7, 1965.
Nov 10, 2024 · Edward H. White II (born Nov. 14, 1930, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.—died Jan. 27, 1967, Cape Kennedy, Fla.) was the first U.S. astronaut to walk in space. White graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1952 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.
Jul 9, 2019 · Here’s how it works. Outside the Gemini IV spacecraft, astronaut Ed White floats in the microgravity of space.(Image credit: NASA/Jim McDivitt) On June 3, 1965, Ed White became the first...
EDWARD H. WHITE, II (LIEUTENANT COLONEL) NASA ASTRONAUT (DECEASED) PERSONAL DATA: Born in San Antonio, Texas, on November 14, 1930. Died January 27, 1967, at NASA Kennedy Space Center, Florida, in the Apollo spacecraft fire. He is survived by his wife Patricia and their two children.
Ed White made the United States' first spacewalk on 03 June 1965 during the Gemini 4 mission. The extra-vehicular activity (EVA) started at 19:45 UT (3:45 p.m. EDT) on the third orbit when White opened his hatch and used the hand-held manuevering oxygen-jet gun to push himself out of the capsule.
Nov 13, 2023 · Astronaut Edward H. White II, Gemini IV pilot, is photographed onboard the Gemini-Titan 4 spacecraft during the four-day Earth-orbital mission...
Jun 3, 2021 · Ed White became the first American to go for a walk in space. The feat came ten weeks after Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov conducted the first spacewalk. Ed White spent roughly 20 minutes floating in space attached by only a 23 foot tether and 25 foot umbilical, with the world far below him.
Senior Pilot. Astronaut Edward H. White, II was born in San Antonio, Texas, on November 14th, 1930. He earned a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Michigan.
On June 3, 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White stepped out of his Gemini capsule and into space for the first American spacewalk. Attached by only a 23 foot tether and 25 foot umbilical, White floated in space for roughly 20 minutes.
