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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 .
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.
Nov 13, 2023 · Learn more about Astronaut Ed White, including when he was selected by NASA to be an astronaut, his flight experience, education, background and more.
Jul 9, 2019 · 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 American to walk in space...
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.
Jun 3, 2008 · During the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965, Ed White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. The spacewalk started at 3:45 p.m. EDT on the third orbit when White opened the hatch and used the hand-held manuevering oxygen-jet gun to push himself out of the capsule.
Apr 19, 2018 · Bachelor of science from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, 1952; master of science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Michigan, 1959; Lieutenant Colonel, USAF; test pilot; he performed first EVA by an U.S. astronaut; died in the launch pad fire of Apollo 1; hobbies: Handball, squash, swimming, golf, photography.
Jun 3, 2015 · When, after 20 minutes of space gymnastics, U.S. Astronaut Edward Higgins White II, 34, finally did agree to squeeze himself back into his Gemini 4 ship, he still had not had enough of...
