Ed White (astronaut)
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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
White during EVA. During the Gemini 4 mission, he became the first American astronaut to perform a spacewalk
Gus Grissom
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Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom was an American astronaut, and one of the original Mercury Seven selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Project Mercury, a program to train and lau
Ed White (astronaut)
…walk in space. He was then assigned as senior pilot of the first crewed Apollo mission, Apollo 1. White died on January 27, 1967, alongside astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee in a fire during pre-launch testing for Apollo 1 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. He was awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal…
Grissom in 1964
Grissom in the United States Air Force
Grissom (far left) with fellow Project Mercury astronauts and a model of the Atlas rocket, July 12, 1962
Grissom in front of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft