Edward Higgins White

Edward Higgins White, II (November 14, 1930 - January 27, 1967) was an American astronaut.

NASA

He was chosen with the second group of astronauts in 1962. Within an already elite group White was considered a high-flyer by the NASA management. As pilot of Gemini 4 was the first American to make a spacewalk in 1965, and was backup command pilot for Gemini 7. 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 programme, 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 fatefully instead in 1966 was promoted to be command module pilot for the first Apollo program flight.

Related Topics:
Second group of astronauts - 1962 - Gemini 4 - Spacewalk - 1965 - Gemini 7 - Gemini 10 - Apollo program

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