Joe Engle
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Joe Henry Engle was an American pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He was the commander of two Space Shuttle missions including STS-2 in 1981, the program's second orbital flight. He also flew two flights in the Shuttle program's 1977 Approach and Landing Tests. Engle was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.
1932 — 2024
Wikimedia, Wikidata
Joe H. Engle; Joe Henry Engle; Joseph Engle; Joseph H. Engle; Joseph Henry Engle
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1932-08-26T00:00:00Z
2024-07-10T00:00:00Z
1932 — 2024 Joe Engle
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class | orbit | STS-2 | Joe Engle, Richard H. Truly, flight testing, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| class | orbit | STS-51-I | James van Hoften, Joe Engle, John M. Lounge, Richard O. Covey, William Frederick Fisher, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| incident | incident | [[1]] | Wikidata | ||
| commons | image | Shaving in Space (7678548374) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Eugene Cernan and Joe Engle, 1999 (a218c05c-205f-4683-a2fd-bcd05d13eacf) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Sts-2 crew | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 51I-04-034 - STS-51I - STS-51I crew activities - Engle on the flight deck - DPLA - 324d5345a5be1d51264aaae5281ddb5a | Commons | ||
| commons | image | ARPS Class III | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Research Test Pilots at FRC (ECN-151FRCpilots1962) cropped | Commons | ||
| commons | image | ARPS Class III | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Joe Engle X-15 pilot | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Joe Engle X-15 pilot | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Maj. Gen. — Joseph "Joe" Henry Engle | Commons | ||









