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Edward Higgins White, II
Edward Higgins White
NASA Astronaut
Nationality American
Status Killed during training
Born November 14, 1930
San Antonio, Texas
Died January 27, 1967 (age 36)
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Other occupation Test pilot
Rank Lieutenant Colonel, USAF
Space time 4d 01h 56m
Selection 1962 NASA Group
Missions Gemini 4
Mission
insignia

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Early years

He was born in San Antonio, Texas and earned a B. S. from the U.S. Military Academy in 1952,[1] and an M. "USMA" redirects here For other uses see USMA (disambiguation The United States Military Academy (also known as USMA, S. in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan in 1959. The University of Michigan Ann Arbor ( U of M, U-M, UM or simply Michigan) is a top-ranked Coeducational public research He attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force and was a pilot of F-86 and F-100 fighter jets. Please see " Lieutenant Colonel " for other countries which use this rank In the United States Army, United States Marine Corps WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout White was an experimental test pilot for the Aeronautical Systems Division and logged more than 3,000 flight hours, including 2,200 in jet aircraft. He was married to Patricia Finegan White and had two children, Bonnie Lynn and Edward III.

NASA career

Edward White during EVA. He was the first American astronaut to perform a spacewalk, during the Gemini 4 mission.
Edward White during EVA. Extra-vehicular activity ( EVA) is work done by an Astronaut away from the Earth and outside of a Spacecraft. He was the first American astronaut to perform a spacewalk, during the Gemini 4 mission. Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was a June 1965 Manned space flight in NASA 's Gemini program.

He was chosen as part of second group of astronauts in 1962. NASA 's Astronaut Group 2, also known as The New Nine, was the second group of Astronauts selected by NASA in September 1962. Within an already elite group, White was considered a high-flyer by the NASA management. As pilot of Gemini 4, he was the first American to make a spacewalk (on June 3, 1965). Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was a June 1965 Manned space flight in NASA 's Gemini program. Extra-vehicular activity ( EVA) is work done by an Astronaut away from the Earth and outside of a Spacecraft. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, proclaims himself Roman Emperor, entering Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. During his EVA an extra thermal glove floated away from inside the Gemini spacecraft, which is now a piece of Space Debris. Space debris or orbital debris, also called space junk and space waste are the objects in Orbit around Earth created by humans that no He was later a backup command pilot for Gemini 7. Gemini 7 (officially Gemini VII) was a 1965 manned spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program. White was also made Astronaut specialist for the flight control systems of the Apollo CSM. By the usual process of crew rotation in the Gemini program, White would have been in line for a second orbital flight as Command Pilot of Gemini 10 — making him the first of his group to be selected to fly twice — but instead was 1966 promoted to be command module pilot for the first fateful Apollo program flight AS-204. Gemini 10 (officially Gemini X) was a 1966 Manned spaceflight in NASA 's Gemini program.

Death

Crew photo, Apollo 1.
Crew photo, Apollo 1.
Apollo I mission insignia
Apollo I mission insignia

He died with fellow astronauts "Gus" Grissom and Roger Chaffee in the Apollo 1 fire at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Virgil Ivan Grissom, more widely known as Gus Grissom, ( 3 April 1926 – 27 January 1967) was one of the original NASA Roger Bruce Chaffee ( February 15, 1935 – January 27, 1967) was a U The John F Kennedy Space Center ( KSC) is the NASA Space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center ( Spaceport) on Florida ( is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the He was buried with full military honors at West Point Cemetery and in 1997 was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. West Point Cemetery is an historic Cemetery on the grounds of the United States Military Academy in West Point New York. The Congressional Space Medal of Honor was authorized by the United States Congress in 1969 to recognize "any Astronaut who in the performance of his duties has Grissom and Chaffee are both buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington Virginia, is a military cemetery in the United States, established during the American Civil War

Memorials

Earthbound

Schools

Many schools have been named in honor of Colonel White:

Others

In space

Philatelic

White in the movies

White was played by Steven Ruge in the 1995 film Apollo 13 and by Chris Isaak in the 1998 miniseries From the Earth to the Moon. Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956) is an American rock Musician and occasional Actor. From the Earth to the Moon is a twelve-part HBO Television Miniseries (1998 co-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer,

Physical description

Weight: 176 lb (80 kg)
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1. 80 m)
Hair: Reddish Brown
Eyes: brown

References

  1. ^ Prior to establishment of the United States Air Force Academy in 1954, officers in the United States Air Force were drawn from the U. The United States Air Force Academy ( USAFA or Air Force) is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officers for the United States Air S. Military Academy at West Point and the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis.
  2. ^ [http://www.hsv.k12.al.us/schools/middle/ewms/index_new.html Ed White Middle School,
    • Kemps Landing Magnet School in Virginia Beach, VA
    Huntsville (Ala. ) City Schools official site]
  3. ^ City of Fullerton - List of Parks
  4. ^ Gemini Space Walk

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