Joe Engle

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.

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1932 — 2024  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Joe H. Engle; Joe Henry Engle; Joseph Engle; Joseph H. Engle; Joseph Henry Engle
military flight engineer, test pilot, air force officer, engineer, astronaut, 

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  STS-2 ⓘ
  human spaceflight

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  STS-51-I ⓘ
  human spaceflight

United States, 

1932-08-26T00:00:00Z

2024-07-10T00:00:00Z

1932 — 2024 Joe Engle

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Frameless

Shaving in Space (7678548374)

Eugene Cernan and Joe Engle, 1999 (a218c05c-205f-4683-a2fd-bcd05d13eacf)

Sts-2 crew

51I-04-034 - STS-51I - STS-51I crew activities - Engle on the flight deck - DPLA - 324d5345a5be1d51264aaae5281ddb5a

ARPS Class III

Research Test Pilots at FRC (ECN-151FRCpilots1962) cropped

ARPS Class III

Joe Engle X-15 pilot

Joe Engle X-15 pilot

Maj. Gen. — Joseph "Joe" Henry Engle

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