Joe Engle
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Joe Henry Engle 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. He al
Engle in 1971
Engle with the X-15A-2 aircraft in 1965
ARPS Class III graduates. Front row: Ed Givens, Tommie Benefield, Charlie Bassett, Greg Neubeck and Mike Collins. Back row: Al Atwell, Neil Garland, Jim Roman, Al Uhalt and Engle
Engle, commander of the STS-2 mission, with Richard Truly, pilot
Apollo 17
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Apollo 17 was the eleventh and final crewed mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Sch
Joe Engle
…Group, joining the Apollo program. He was backup Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) for Apollo 14 and was originally scheduled to walk on the Moon as LMP for Apollo 17. However, cancellation of later flights prompted NASA to select geologist-astronaut Harrison Schmitt as the Lunar Module Pilot, displacing Engle. Joe…
Gene Cernan salutes the U.S. flag, with the Apollo Lunar Module Challenger and Lunar Roving Vehicle in the background
Left to right: Schmitt, Cernan (seated), EvansApollo program← Apollo 16Apollo 18 (canceled) →
Apollo 17 space-flown silver Robbins medallion
Landing site and surrounding area, as imaged from the Apollo 17 command module, 1972