The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, located inside the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Heroes & Legends building on Merritt Island, Florida, honors American astronauts and features the world's largest collection of their personal memorabilia, focusing on those astronauts who have been inducted into the Hall. Exhibits include Wally Schirra's Sigma 7 space capsule from the fifth crewed Mercury mission and the Gemini IX spacecraft flown by Gene Cernan and Thomas P. Stafford in 1966.
Statue of Alan Shepard, the first American in space and the fifth person to walk on the Moon, located at the entrance
The Mercury astronauts in 1962, inducted 1990
Entrance to the original Astronaut Hall of Fame
Neil Armstrong, inducted 1993
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.
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