Astronaut Biography: Joe Engle
- ️Joachim Becker
Biographies of U.S. Astronauts
Personal data
| Birthdate: | 26.08.1932 |
| Birthplace: | Dickinson County, Kansas |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 04.04.1966 |
| Selection group: | X-15 3 / NASA-5 |
| Position: | CDR |
| Status: | Ret. 30.11.1986 |
| Day of death: | 10.07.2024 |
| Place of death: | Houston, Texas |
Spaceflights
| No. | Mission | Position | Time | Duration |
| 1 | STS-2 Columbia | CDR | 12.11. - 14.11.1981 | 2d 06h 13m |
| 2 | STS-51I Discovery | CDR | 27.08. - 03.09.1985 | 7d 02h 17m |
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| Total | 9d 08h 30m |
Backup assignments
Additional information
Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Kansas, 1955; test pilot; X-15-pilot; performed three X-15 flights with an altitude of more than 80 kilometers (29.06.1965, 10.08.1965 and 14.10.1965) and earned his astronaut wings; 1963 selected Military Astronaut - Class 3; Colonel, USAF, Ret.; in 1977 he was Commander of the second and fourth test flight with the Space Shuttle Enterprise (ALT); hobbies: Flying, big game hunting, backpacking, athletics; he served as general major of the Kansas Air National Gard (now retired); was engineering consultant and simulation evaluation pilot for Space Shuttle modifications.
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