Astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space on this day in history, June 3, 1965. White, an engineer, a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, a test pilot and NASA astronaut, ...
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) – Like many Vietnam-era vets, Ed White weighed his options and got ahead of receiving a draft notice. “I went down and asked Air Force people to put me in there, and they said ...