Career record
Flights
2
Launches with a definitive outcome — the Stats basis
Career time in space
3d 23h
Career EVA time
20m
Spacewalks
0
Biography
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.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Launches
- Saturn IB | Apollo 1 (Failure before launch) — Senior Pilot · Failure · January 27, 1967 · 23:31 UTC
- Titan II GLV | Gemini IV — Pilot · Success · June 3, 1965 · 15:16 UTC
Born 1930-11-14 · died 1967-01-27