Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932) is an American pilot, aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut. He was the commander of two Space Shuttle...

and the second flight of the orbiter Columbia. The mission, crewed by Joe H. Engle and Richard H. Truly, launched on November 12, 1981, and landed two days...

professional geologist to land on the Moon; he was selected in place of Joe Engle, as NASA had been under pressure to send a scientist to the Moon. The...

the astronaut corps who had already earned astronaut wings, X-15 pilot Joe Engle. John Young labeled the group the Original Nineteen in parody of the original...

strategically chosen, to specifically contend issues such as abortion. Engle was described by Joe Conason as a "radical theocrat". He criticized other Evangelical...

shuttle landing rough". Lodi News-Sentinel. UPI. October 27, 1977. p. 22. "Joe H. Engle", NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project, June 3, 2004. Astronautix...

rotation as commander of the backup crew of Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, and Joe Engle for Apollo 14, putting him in position through normal crew rotation to...

included three future astronauts: Charles Bassett, Edward Givens and Joe Engle. Along with classwork, they also flew up to about 90,000 feet (27,000 m)...

sculptor Jacob Engle (1753–1854), River Brethren leader Joe Engle (born 1932), American astronaut Joel Engle, American musician Karen Engle, American lawyer...

the Kármán line. Among the twelve X-15 pilots, only Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle would travel to space following their participation in the program. Eleven...