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Joseph Henry Engle dit Joe Engle est un astronaute américain né le 26 août 1932 à Chapman et mort le 10 juillet 2024 à Houston [1].
Joe Henry Engle (August 26, 1932 – July 10, 2024) was an American pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He was the commander of two Space Shuttle missions including STS-2 in 1981, the program's second orbital flight.
Il y a 3 jours · NASA Remembers Joe Engle. Retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Engle died July 10, surrounded by his family at home in Houston. Among his many honors, he is the only astronaut to pilot both the X-15 and space shuttle. He was 91. Joe Engle—retired U.S. Air Force major general, former space shuttle astronaut and X-15 test pilot.
Il y a 4 jours · Joe Engle, the last surviving member of the test pilots who skimmed the edge of space on the X-15 rocket plane in the 1960s and who later orbited the Earth on space-shuttle missions, died July 10 ...
Il y a 6 jours · Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space on two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of 91. Engle's first flights into space on the X-15 preceded his launching...
Il y a 6 jours · Joe Engle flew to space in the X-15 three times before he was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1966. He later flew space shuttle test flights, STS-2, and STS-61I.
Il y a 6 jours · Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. Joe Henry Engle, test pilot, Apollo-era astronaut, and the only American to fly two different winged vehicles into space, died July 10 at the age of 91. Engle made 16 flights in the high-speed X-15 research aircraft; on three of those flights, he ascended above 50 miles, earning him astronaut wings.
