White, Ed
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Birthname | Edward Higgins White, II | ||||
born on | 14 November 1930 at 06:20 (= 06:20 AM ) | ||||
Place | Fort Sam Houston, Texas, 29n27, 98w27 | ||||
Timezone | CST h6w (is standard time) | ||||
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Biography
American astronaut, the first American to emerge from an orbiting spacecraft and the first man to control his movements while floating in space, 3 June - July 1965, during the Gemini 4 mission. NASA selected him for their astronaut program on 17 September 1962. White attended the United States Military Academy and received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1952.
After leaving West Point, he underwent flight training and was sent to Germany for three years where he flew F-86s and F-100s. When he returned to the U.S., he continued his education at the University of Michigan, and in 1959, earned his Master of Science. He then went to the Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, California, and upon completion, was assigned to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio as an experimental test pilot. He was married with two children.
While the first manned flight of Project Apollo had been planned for the end of 1966, a number of problems delayed it until February 1967 and necessitated further flight simulations. While performing a launch pad test in their capsule on 27 January 1967, Cape Kennedy, FL, White and his fellow astronauts, Virgil I. Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee, were killed in a flash fire. While the test was originally designated AS-204, it was later renamed Apollo 1. On 19 March 1993, White was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Chaffee, Roger B. (born 15 February 1935). Notes: Died together
- associate relationship with Grissom, Gus (born 3 April 1926). Notes: Died together
- compare to chart of Accident: Apollo 1 (Fire) (born 27 January 1967). Notes: Crew member, on board
- compare to chart of Military: Army Academy (born 16 March 1802)
- compare to chart of Space: NASA (born 29 July 1958)
Events
- Social : End a program of study 1952 (B.S. degree, West Point)
- Relationship : Marriage 1953 (Patricia Finegan)
- Social : End a program of study 1959 (Masters of Science, University of Michigan)
- Work : Gain social status 17 September 1962 (Chosen for the NASA astronaut program)
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- Death by Accident 27 January 1967 (Died in spacecraft fire, age 36)
chart Placidus Equal_H. - Work : Prize 19 March 1993 (Inducted into Astronaut Hall of Fame)
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Source Notes
B.C. in hand, LMR (Same in Contemporary American Horoscopes, Gauquelin Book of American Charts)
Categories
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two)
- Personal : Death : Unusual (Died in spacecraft fire)
- Vocation : Military : Military career
- Vocation : Travel : Astronaut (NASA)
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame (Astronaut)
- Notable : Famous : First in Field (First man to spacewalk)
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book
- 1930 births
- Birthday 14 November
- Birthplace Fort Sam Houston, TX (US)
- Sun 21 Scorpio
- Moon 4 Virgo
- Asc 12 Scorpio
- 1967 deaths
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Personal : Death : Unusual
- Vocation : Military : Military career
- Vocation : Travel : Astronaut
- Vocation : Travel : Pilot/ military
- Notable : Awards : Hall of Fame
- Notable : Famous : First in Field
- Notable : Famous : Historic figure
- Notable : Book Collection : American Book