Joe Engle
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 92 |
Date of birth | August 26,1932 |
Zodiac sign | Virgo |
Born | Chapman |
Kansas | |
United States | |
Space missions | STS-2, STS-51-I |
Selection | NASA Group 5 |
First space flight | STS-2 |
Job | Astronaut |
Aeronautical Engineer | |
Awards | NASA Distinguished Service Medal |
Distinguished Flying Cross | |
NASA Agency Honor Awards - Exceptional Service Medal | |
NASA Space Flight Medal | |
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal | |
Defense Distinguished Service Medal | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 547998 |
Joe Engle Life story
Joe Henry Engle 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 three flights in the Shuttle program's 1977 Approach and Landing Tests.