Edward Higgins White II 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.
White in 1966
The families of Gemini 4 astronauts visit Mission Control in Houston. Right to left: Patricia McDivitt, Bonnie White, Patricia White, flight controller Christopher Kraft, and Edward White III.
Edward White with Jim McDivitt (left) reading training plans for Gemini 4 mission
Edward White during EVA. During the Gemini 4 mission, White became the first American astronaut to perform a spacewalk
The NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and international space missions. It is based at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
NASA space suits previously worn by the Astronaut Corps at the Johnson Space Center (center, Pete Conrad's suit worn during the 1969 Apollo 12 mission)