1965-06-03 spacewalk

Ed White makes the first American spacewalk

Category: Human Spaceflight Activities › Type: Spacewalk (EVA)

• Human spaceflight

White worked outside Gemini 4 during an orbital flight.

1967-01-27 accident

Apollo 1 crew lost in ground-test fire

Category: Accidents and Unplanned Incidents › Type: Ground accident

Mission: Apollo 1

Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died during an Apollo spacecraft ground test.