# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-engle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:34:50.607Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-engle"
name: "Joe Engle"
slug: "joe-engle"
description: "Joseph 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."
tagline: "American astronaut (1932-2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Engle.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1932-08-26"
deathDate: "2024-07-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.503716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3400653/"
    handle:    "nm3400653"
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    title: "Joe Engle"
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    title: "Joe Engle"
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    title: "Joe Engle"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2092893"
    title: "Joe Engle"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump