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“Even among the astronauts, Ed White had always stood out; a strapping six-footer who had barely missed becoming an Olympic hurdler, he was known as one of the finest physical specimens in the Astronaut Office. And perhaps more than any astronaut except John Glenn, White subscribed to their ail-American image. In 1965, after he became the first American to walk in space, White easily wore the mantle of a national hero. There appeared to be no limit to how far he might go.” 

Andrew Chaikin, A Man on the Moon

(Credit to Life/owners) had to have a few posts of my favorite astronauts for my birthday

The weird-looking Gemini 7 spacesuits

Happy Birthday Neil！

The New Nine, together again.

Ed…………🥺🥺

Ed White has a lot to communicate to the engineers at Downey during an Apollo camera test, May 1966

(Credit to NASA/Life/owners)

The Right Stuff (2020), coming soon to Disney+

The Floating Neil™ colourized!

The last one is without background.

I had a fun time colouring it (cuz it's Neil, you know)

December 1966 - January 1967  NASA astronaut Edward White LtColonel Ed White and his wife Pat after a relaxing Christmas holiday as the astronaut would start preparations for the first mission of NASA’s manned Apollo Moon program. The couple spent Christmas time and New Year at their home near Houston - Texas. However, on January 27, 1967 a cabin fire destroyed the Apollo 1 Command Module during a launch rehearsal test killing the three astronauts; Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee. Photo shows Ed White wearing a NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.003 chronograph on a steel mesh JB champion bracelet… note that the chronograph hand was running ! (Photo: NASA/WBESS)