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Ed White
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American astronaut (1930-1967)
OverviewAI-generated
Edward Higgins White (1930–1967) was an American military officer, test pilot, and astronaut. Born in San Antonio, he served in the United States Air Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel. White was a member of NASA Astronaut Group 2 and worked for NASA. He is noted for performing an extra-vehicular activity and spent 5876 units of time in space.
White received the Harmon Trophy, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame and the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. He was educated at the University of Michigan, the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, and the United States Military Academy. He is buried at West Point Cemetery.
Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Thesportsdb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Come to the Table
- Ḥaye ahavah le-khol zug naśui
- foxys tale
- How to Read Barthes' Image-Music-Text
- Traumatic Colonel
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Other
- Gender
- Not applicable
- Origin
- [Worldwide]
Discography
- Гагаку (Японская Старинная Музыка)1974
- [unknown]1975
- A White Christmas1991
- Jude On A Ragga Tip (U.K. Mix) / How Does It Feel! (The New Order Remix)1992
- Bagpipe Marches and Music of Scotland: With Brass and Accordion Accompaniment1994
- Runaway Train1994
- Best of Ballroom: Tango1995
- Floorbangers1995
- More Floorbangers1995
- The Smurfs1995
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 60
- Total plays
- 445
Tags
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ed+White">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 66,877x
- RoB 2: a revised tool for assessing risk of bias in randomised trials
· 2019 · cited 25,594x
- The Satisfaction With Life Scale
· 1985 · cited 23,443x
- The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project
· 1996 · cited 18,867x
- A Heteroskedasticity-Consistent Covariance Matrix Estimator and a Direct Test for Heteroskedasticity
· 1980 · cited 18,377x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- Edward Higgins White II , ( 1930-11-14 ) November 14, 1930, San Antonio , Texas, U.S.
- Died
- January 27, 1967 (1967-01-27) (aged 36), Cape Kennedy , Florida, U.S.
- Resting place
- West Point Cemetery
- Education
- United States Military Academy ( BS ), University of Michigan ( MS )
- Spouse
- Patricia Eileen Finegan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1953 )
- Awards
- Air Force Commendation Medal Congressional Space Medal of Honor NASA Distinguished Service Medal NASA Exceptional Service Medal
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel , USAF
- Time in space
- 4d 1h 56m
- Selection
- NASA Group 2 (1962)
- Total eva time
- 36m
- Missions
- Gemini 4 , Apollo 1
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Torquay
- Position
- Defender
- Nationality
- Northern Ireland
via TheSportsDB
~25 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American aeronautical engineer, United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1.
After graduating from West Point in 1952 with a Bachelor of Science degree, White was sent to flight training, and assigned to the 22nd Fighter Day Squadron at Bitburg Air Base, West Germany, where he flew the F-86 Sabre and F-100 Super Sabre fighters. In 1958, he enrolled in the University of Michigan to study aeronautical engineering, receiving his Master of Science degree in 1959. White then received test pilot training at Edwards Air Force Base, California, before being assigned as a test pilot for the Aeronautical Systems Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
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