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Joe Engle (Joe Henry Engle) was born on 26 August, 1932 in Chapman, Kansas, U.S., is an American astronaut (b. 1932). Discover Joe Engle's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Joe Henry Engle
Occupation Fighter pilot · Test pilot · Astronaut
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 26 August 1932
Birthday 26 August
Birthplace Chapman, Kansas, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1932

Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932) is an American pilot, aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut.

Engle was born on August 26, 1932, in Chapman, Kansas.

1950

He attended primary and secondary schools in Chapman, Kansas, and he graduated from Dickinson County High School in 1950.

Engle was active as a Boy Scout and earned the rank of First Class.

1955

He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1955, where he was a member of the Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity.

He was married to the late Mary Catherine Lawrence of Mission Hills, Kansas and has two grown children and one stepchild.

He is currently married to Jeanie Carter Engle of Houston, Texas.

Engle's recreational interests include flying (including World War II fighter aircraft), big game hunting, backpacking, and athletics.

1957

Engle entered flying school in 1957, and received his pilot wings in 1958.

1961

Chuck Yeager recommended Engle for USAF Test Pilot School, from which he graduated in 1961, and he was later assigned to the third class of the Aerospace Research Pilot School, despite his reluctance to leave "stick and rudder" flying for a space capsule.

1963

After serving as a test pilot in the Fighter Test Group at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Engle was a test pilot in the X-15 research program at Edwards from June 1963 until his assignment to the Manned Spacecraft Center (now the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center).

Engle had applied with fellow ARPS student Charles Bassett and Michael Collins to the third NASA astronaut group, but the Air Force withdrew Engle's NASA application and instead chose him to replace Robert M. White in the X-15 program, which pleased Engle.

1965

Engle's parents witnessed his X-15 flight of June 29, 1965, which exceeded an altitude of 50 miles (80 km) and qualified him for astronaut wings; he again exceeded 50 miles twice during his career of 16 flights.

On his final X-15 mission, free flight 153 (1-61-101), which took place on October 14, 1965, he became the first of only two pilots to accomplish a sub-orbital space flight in an X-15 without the benefit of the assistance provided by the MH-96 adaptive flight control system.

Despite what he later called "the best flying job in the world", Engle decided to apply again to NASA as he expected to be rotated to another Air Force assignment within a year and hoped to go to the Moon.

Engle has flown over 185 different types of aircraft (25 different fighters) during his career, logging more than 15,400 hours flight time of which 9,000 were in jet aircraft.

1966

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.

Engle was one of 19 astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966.

He served on the support crew for Apollo 10.

He then served as backup Lunar Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission.

He was due to land on the Moon as Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 17, but was replaced by geologist Harrison Schmitt.

This was a result of pressure from the scientific community to have a scientist (geologist) explore the Moon, and not just test pilot engineers who had been given geology training.

In response to getting bumped from the mission, he said "When you think about it, the lunar missions were geology-oriented."

According to Engle, Deke Slayton asked him whether he would prefer to fly on Skylab, Apollo–Soyuz, or the Space Shuttle; Engle responded that he would prefer the Shuttle as it was an airplane.

1977

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.

Engle was commander of one of the two crews that flew the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test Flights from June through October 1977.

The Space Shuttle Enterprise was carried to 25,000 feet on top of the Boeing 747 carrier aircraft, and then released for its two-minute glide flight to landing.

In this series of flight tests, Engle evaluated the Orbiter handling qualities and landing characteristics, and obtained the stability and control, and performance data in the subsonic flight envelope for the Space Shuttle.

He was the backup commander for STS-1, the first orbital test flight of Space Shuttle Columbia.

1981

He was the commander of two Space Shuttle missions including STS-2 in 1981, the program's second orbital flight.

2009

He was a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and became a Fellow in 2009.

Engle received his commission in the U.S. Air Force through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Kansas.

While in school he was a member of the Professional Engineering Fraternity Theta Tau, and decided to become a test pilot.

While working at Cessna Aircraft during the summer, he learned how to fly from a fellow draftsman, Henry Dittmer.

2010

He flew the F-100 Super Sabre with the 474th Fighter Day Squadron and the 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron at George Air Force Base, California.