Edward H. White
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About
Engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, and NASA astronaut who became the first American to walk in space. He posthumously received the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.
Before Fame
He was among the nine people selected for NASA Astronaut Group 2 ("The New Nine") for Project Gemini.
Trivia
He and astronauts Roger B. Chaffee and Virgil "Gus" Grissom perished in 1967 during the prelaunch testing for the first manned Apollo mission.
Family Life
He married Patricia Finegan in 1953, with whom he fathered two children, Edward III and Bonnie Lynn.
Associated With
He was portrayed in 1998's "From the Earth to the Moon" by Chris Isaak.
