Joe engle biography

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Joe Engle

American astronaut (1932–2024)

This article is about the astronaut. For the baseball player, see Joe Engel.

Joe Engle
Engle in 1971
Born	Joe Henry Engle (1932-08-26)August 26, 1932 Abilene, Kansas, U.S.
Died	July 10, 2024(2024-07-10) (aged 91) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Education	University of Kansas (BS)
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross NASA Distinguished Service Medal
Space career
Rank	Major General, USAF/ANG
Time in space	9d 8h 30m
Selection	NASA Group 5 (1966)
Missions
Mission insignia
Retirement	November 28, 1986

Joe Henry Engle (August 26, 1932 – July 10, 2024) was an American pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASAastronaut. 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.

As an X-15 pilot, Engle made three flights above 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifying for astronaut wings under the American convention for the boundary of space

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Engle, Joe Henry

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American test pilot astronaut 1966-1986.

Status: Inactive; Active 1966-1986. Born: 1932-08-26. Spaceflights: 5 . Total time in space: 9.35 days. Birth Place: Abilene, Kansas.

Born in Abilene, Kansas. Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from University of Kansas. Entered the USAF in 1955. Served in fighter squadrons in the US, Italy, Denmark, and Spain. Graduated from USAF Experimental Test Pilot School in 1961 and selected as X-15 pilot in 1963. Selected as NASA astronaut in 1966 but did not fly in space again until 1981, after being bumped as Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 17 by geologist Jack Schmitt. Air National Guard Assistant to CINC, Space Command; aerospace and sporting goods consultant.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:MAJOR GENERAL JOE H. ENGLE
USAF / AIR NATIONAL GUARD, RET.
NASA ASTRONAUT, RET.

Major General Joe H. Engle is retired from the Air National Guard, the United States Air Force, and the NASA Astronaut program. He was married to the late Mary Catherine Lawrence of Mission Hills, Kansas and has two grown children and two grandchildren. He is now marrie