Edward Higgins White

Edward Higgins "Ed" White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American test pilot and astronaut. He was the first American to take a "spacewalk," leaving the safety of his spaceship while in space and moving around outside in a spacesuit.

Edward H. White II
Born	(1930-11-14)November 14, 1930 San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Status	Deceased
Died	January 27, 1967(1967-01-27) (aged 36) Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Test pilot
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel, USAF[1]
Time in space	4 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes
Selection	Group 2 (1962)
Missions	Gemini 4, Apollo 1
Mission insignia

On June 3, 1965, White flew into space as pilot of Gemini 4. This was the second trip by astronauts in NASA's Project Gemini. White was able to get out of his spaceship in outer space, an activity called a spacewalk, then get back in and come home. (The Soviet Union had already done that earlier in the same year.) The trip lasted until June 7, 1965.

White died along with fellow astronauts Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee during a test for the Apollo 1 mission at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (then known as Cape Kennedy), Florida.