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FAMOUS PERSONALITIES
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The first Vice President of USA
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The first American astronaut to float in space
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First person to discard Nobel Prize
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None of above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Edward Higgins White II (November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967) was an American aeronautical engineer, United States Air Force officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He was a member of the crews of Gemini 4 and Apollo 1 . San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Cape Kennedy, Florida, U.S.
Detailed explanation-2: -White II, in full Edward Higgins White II, (born Nov. 14, 1930, San Antonio, Texas, U.S.-died Jan. 27, 1967, Cape Kennedy, Fla.), first U.S. astronaut to walk in space. White graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., in 1952 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.
Detailed explanation-3: -May 5, 1961. Just 23 days after Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Union became the first person in space, NASA launched astronaut Alan Shepard aboard the Freedom 7 capsule powered by a Redstone booster to become the first American in space.