This article is about the astronaut. For the baseball player, see Joe Engel.
American astronaut (born 1932)
Joe Engle
Engle in 1971
Born
Joe Henry Engle
(1932-08-26) August 26, 1932 (age 91)
Chapman, Kansas, U.S.
Education
University of Kansas (BS)
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Space career
NASA astronaut
Rank
Major General, USAF
Time in space
9d 8h 30m
Selection
NASA Group 5 (1966)
Missions
X-15 Flight 138
X-15 Flight 143
X-15 Flight 153
ALT
STS-2
STS-51-I
Mission insignia
Retirement
November 28, 1986
Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932) is an American pilot, aeronautical engineer and former 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 is one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA, and the last surviving test pilot of the aircraft. After Richard H. Truly died in 2024, Engle is now the last surviving crew member of STS-2.
As an X-15 pilot, Engle made three flights above 50 miles, thus qualifying for astronaut wings under the American convention for the boundary of space. In 1966 he was selected for NASA's 5th Astronaut Group, joining the Apollo program. He was backup Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) for Apollo 14 and originally scheduled as LMP for Apollo 17. However, cancellation of later flights prompted NASA to select geologist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt as LMP, displacing Engle.
Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932) is an American pilot, aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut. He was the commander of two Space Shuttle...
professional geologist to land on the Moon; he was selected in place of JoeEngle, as NASA had been under pressure to send a scientist to the Moon. The...
the astronaut corps who had already earned astronaut wings, X-15 pilot JoeEngle. John Young labeled the group the Original Nineteen in parody of the original...
shuttle landing rough". Lodi News-Sentinel. UPI. October 27, 1977. p. 22. "Joe H. Engle", NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project, June 3, 2004. Astronautix...
strategically chosen, to specifically contend issues such as abortion. Engle was described by Joe Conason as a "radical theocrat". He criticized other Evangelical...
rotation as commander of the backup crew of Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and JoeEngle for Apollo 14, putting him in position through normal crew rotation to...
there on January 26, 1966, along with two fellow aviators from Edwards, JoeEngle and Bill Pogue. Psychological tests included Rorschach tests; physical...
commanded. Chari is the first NASA rookie to command a spaceflight since JoeEngle, who commanded the STS-2 mission in 1981. On March 23, 2022, Chari and...
Astronaut. NASA Astronaut Groups – the phases of astronaut selection JoeEngle flew on STS-2 without prior NASA spaceflight experience, but had flown...
Apollo 7, but died in a car crash near Houston, Texas on June 6, 1967. Joe H. Engle – from Group 5; was originally named as Apollo 17 Lunar Module Pilot...
to Apollo 17 under pressure from the scientific community, replacing JoeEngle. Schmitt, a geologist, became the twelfth man and the only professional...
William H. Dana (1965). White and Rushworth were succeeded by Captain JoeEngle (1963), Captain William Joseph Knight (1964) and Major Michael Adams (1966)...
This is an article about the baseball player Joe Engel. For the astronaut, see JoeEngle. Joseph William Engel (March 12, 1893 – June 12, 1969) was an...
assigned in August 1971 to fly on the last mission, Apollo 17, replacing JoeEngle as Lunar Module Pilot. Schmitt landed on the Moon with commander Gene...
leadership of Engle at Brown, Joe Paterno developed as a capable quarterback and a skillful leader. After graduating in 1950, Paterno joined Engle at Penn State...
plan, and checklists, and kept them updated. For Apollo 10, they were JoeEngle, James Irwin, and Charles Duke. Flight directors were Gerry Griffin, Glynn...
STS-71, STS-89 James Dutton – STS-131 Joe Edwards – STS-89 Donn Eisele – Apollo 7 Anthony England – STS-51-F JoeEngle – ALT, STS-2, STS-51I Ronald Evans...
Edward Givens, Tommie Benefield, Charlie Bassett, Greg Neubeck and Mike Collins. Back row: Al Atwell, Neil Garland, Jim Roman, Al Uhalt and JoeEngle....
Center. These included: M2-F1 M2-F2 M2-F3 HL-10 X-24A X-24B Wood, Haise and Engle each made a single car-towed flight of the M2-F1. Lifting bodies have appeared...
Valkyrie test programs. It was flown by Joe Walker, Scott Crossfield, Pete Knight, Bill Dana, Chuck Yeager, JoeEngle and Bob Gilliland among other notable...
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