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
North American X-15
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The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of
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…second orbital flight. He also flew two flights in the Shuttle program's 1977 Approach and Landing Tests. Engle was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. As an X-15 pilot, Engle made three flights above 50 miles (80 km), thus qualifying…
X-15A-3 pulls away from its drop launch plane over Edwards Air Force Base during a mission in the 1960s.
X-15 after igniting rocket engine
Cockpit of an X-15
X-15A-2, with sealed ablative coating, external fuel tanks, and ramjet dummy test