5/16/63: “Tense Observer: Edward White II, one of the nine new astronauts, listens intently in the Mercury Control Center at Cape Canaveral Fla., as Gordon Cooper’s 22-orbit flight through space was monitored through the night. The new spacemen were observers in the control center to prepare themselves for their future role in space.”
Come una movie star!
Ed White during some medical testing after his selection as an astronaut, 1963