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edward higgins white ii born in san

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antonio texas november 14 1930 was

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destined to become a hero of the

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american space program with a bachelor's

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degree from west point and a masters

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from the university of michigan

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white's military career was spent in the

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force base to wright patterson

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as a test pilot ed white brought the

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right stuff

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the 1950s and 1960s brought about a race

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that would change humanity forever white

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along with such noteworthy names as

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shepherd glenn

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collins armstrong aldrin

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were members of these early groups of

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pilots turned astronauts some of whom

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were also west point grads we kind of

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called him a straight arrow and

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that's what he was he was

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directed toward what the objective

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really was

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after humankind reached space in 1961

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the race continued

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what would it take to exit the craft

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to step out

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to survive in a small single-person

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spacecraft

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the space suit in this vacuum of space

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june 3rd 1965 on a launch pad in florida

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ed white and james mcdivitt suited up to

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find out

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at 2 46 p.m eastern time

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ed white stepped out of germany iv

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becoming the first american to exit a

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spacecraft in orbit

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and walk in space

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and the first human to control his own

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movement via pressurized air that drama

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is very easy to maneuver with the gun

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the only problem i have is i haven't got

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enough fuel it was space euphoria i

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think from ed and jim mcdevitt to

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everyone on the ground and mission

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control everybody i was spectacular the

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gemini program was a brilliant success

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with its purpose being that of a proving

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ground that would take humankind to the

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moon and back

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on january 27 1967

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at the now named kennedy space center

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astronauts ed white

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virgil grissom and roger chaffee climbed

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aboard an apollo capsule for pre-flight

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testing

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tragedy struck taking the lives of these

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three brave men

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the nation mourned its heroes

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and continues to remember edward white

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and the other members of the astronaut

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corps who have lost their lives in the

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service to the cause

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with each successful push of the

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boundaries of human exploration

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ed white's memory and legacy is honored

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with his spacewalk

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white ushered in a dominance of american

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space technology that has continued

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beyond that first jaunt to the moon

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to skylab

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the shuttle program

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servicing hubble

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building the international space station

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today stationed much like the gemini

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program of the 1960s stands as part of a

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proving ground for the next giant leap

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as we journey to mars

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ed white is a name that will forever

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ring in human history and it was ed that