Edward Higgins White II (1930-1967), American astronaut engine house 'The Pyrrhic Dance'

'The Pyrrhic Dance'

Northampton Tabernacle

The complete outfit could be banked to either side for optimal cornering speeds

Panoramic view of the Great Exhibition of 1851

Edward Higgins White II (1930-1967), American astronaut engine house 'The Pyrrhic Dance'Edward Higgins White II (1930 1967), American astronaut, 1960s. Higgins was a United States Air Force officer and a NASA astronaut. On the 3rd June 1965, he became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. He was killed during the Apollo 1 training accident and posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and was previously awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal for his Gemini 4 spaceflight.