Edward White

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NASA astronaut U.S. Air Force officer human

Edward White was a NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force officer best known as the first American to conduct a spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Edward H. White II	5
Edward H. White Sr.	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	NASA astronaut ⓘ U.S. Air Force officer ⓘ human ⓘ
awardReceived	Air Force Cross ⓘ Congressional Space Medal of Honor ⓘ NASA Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ Purple Heart ⓘ
burialPlace	West Point Cemetery ⓘ surface form: United States Military Academy Post Cemetery, West Point, New York, United States
causeOfDeath	asphyxiation due to cabin fire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
diedIn	Apollo 1 cabin fire ⓘ
educatedAt	United States Military Academy ⓘ surface form: United States Military Academy at West Point University of Michigan ⓘ
employer	NASA ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
EVAClaimToFame	first American to walk in space ⓘ
EVAOnMission	Gemini 4 ⓘ
EVAStartDate	1965-06-03 ⓘ
EVAType	extravehicular activity ⓘ
familyName	White ⓘ
fieldOfWork	aerospace engineering ⓘ space exploration ⓘ
givenName	Edward ⓘ
hasRelative	Edward White self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Edward H. White Sr.
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	accident ⓘ
memberOf	NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryConflict	Cold War era service ⓘ
militaryRank	Lieutenant Colonel ⓘ
notableEvent	performed first American extravehicular activity (EVA) ⓘ
notableFor	pioneering American spacewalks ⓘ
notableWork	first American spacewalk ⓘ
occupation	astronaut ⓘ test pilot ⓘ
partOf	Apollo program ⓘ Gemini program ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Cape Canaveral ⓘ surface form: Cape Kennedy, Florida, United States
relativeRelationship	Edward H. White Sr. was his father ⓘ
serviceNumberOfSpaceFlights	1 ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spaceMission	Apollo 1 ⓘ Gemini 4 ⓘ
spacewalksCount	1 ⓘ
studied	aeronautical engineering ⓘ
workLocation	Cape Canaveral ⓘ surface form: Cape Kennedy, Florida, United States Houston ⓘ surface form: Houston, Texas, United States