Ed White
Ed White is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 2 space flights and engaging in 1 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Edward Higgins White II was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. On June 3, 1965, he became the first American to walk in space. White died along with astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee during prelaunch testing for the first manned Apollo mission at Cape Canaveral. He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal for his flight in Gemini 4 and was then awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor posthumously.
- Date of Birth: 11/14/1930
- Date of Death: 01/27/1967
- Status: Lost In Training
- First Flight: 06/03/1965
- Last Flight: 01/27/1967
- In Space: No
Launches
Spacewalk
Gemini 4 EVA
The spacewalk began at 06/03/1965 19:46 UTC and ended at 06/03/1965 20:06 UTC on the Low Earth Orbit for a total of 20 minutes.
