Edward Higgins White II (1930-1967), American astronaut engine house Northampton Tabernacle

Northampton Tabernacle

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

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Illustration from Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie

Edward Higgins White II (1930-1967), American astronaut engine house Northampton TabernacleEdward 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.