Joe H. Engle

Remembering Joe Engle: Astronaut, Test Pilot, Legend
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Remembering Joe Engle Joe Engle, an aerospace legend who made significant contributions to both aeronautics and space at NASA, died…
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Joe H. Engle Oral History Interviews
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Joe H. Engle Oral History Interviews Former U.S. Air Force test pilot and NASA astronaut Joe Engle — who died…
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Joe H. Engle
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Before his selection with NASA's Astronaut Group 5 in 1966, Joe Engle had already flown to space in the X-15…

45 Years Ago: NASA Names the First Four Space Shuttle Crews
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On March 16, 1978, NASA formally announced the crews for the first four space shuttle missions. The four two-man crews…
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40 Years Ago: Columbia Returns to Space on the STS-2 Mission
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Following a launch scrub a week earlier, space shuttle Columbia took to the skies on Nov. 12, 1981, for its…
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The X-15, the Pilot and the Space Shuttle
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Fifty years ago in 1959, test pilot Scott Crossfield threw the switch to ignite the twin XLR-11 engines of his…
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