Joe Engle
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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.
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Engle with the X-15A-2 aircraft in 1965
ARPS Class III graduates. Front row: Ed Givens, Tommie Benefield, Charlie Bassett, Greg Neubeck and Mike Collins. Back row: Al Atwell, Neil Garland, Jim Roman, Al Uhalt and Engle
Engle, commander of the STS-2 mission, with Richard Truly, pilot
Joe Engle flew two missions as Space Shuttle commander.
The crew of the STS-51-I mission. Engle is at the lower left.
Major General Joe Engle with fellow astronaut General Kevin P. Chilton
Joe Engle as backup Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 14Awards 5
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Juan TrippeAlso won Harmon Trophy
Glenn CurtissAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Rusty SchweickartAlso won United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Margaret Rhea SeddonAlso won United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Arthur GodfreyAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Geoffrey de HavillandAlso won Harmon TrophyAbout this person
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.
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