Joe Engle
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Joe Engle

Maj Gen Joe H. Engle
Born 1930s.
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Father: Abner Ethan Engle
Mother: Margaret J Beaver

Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932), (Maj Gen, USAF, Ret.), is an American pilot who served in the United States Air Force, test pilot for the North American X-15 program, aeronautical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut.

1932 Born in Chapman, Kansas, USA
1955 Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, University of Kansas
1956 Married Mary Catherine Lawrence on 06 Oct 1956 in Missouri, USA.[1]
1958 Received pilot wings
1963 Selected for the X-15 program in X-15 Pilots group.[2] 16 flights
1964 Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, his first of 2
Distinguished
Flying
Cross
1965 Received USAF Astronaut badge for exceeding 50 miles (80467 m) altitude during X-15 flights 138, 143 and 153
1966 Selected by NASA in Astronauts Group 5[3]
1977 Flew on Space Shuttle Enterprise ALT-10, ALT-13 and ALT-15 with Richard Truly
Enterprise ALT
1978 Awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal[4] and the Distinguished Flying Cross, his second.
NASA
Exceptional
Service
Distinguished
Flying
Cross
1981 Flew on Columbia STS-2 with Richard Truly. Awarded the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and the NASA Space Flight Medal, his first of 2[4]
STS-2
NASA
Distinguished
Service
NASA
Space Flight
1982 NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight
1985 Flew on Discovery STS-51-I with John Lounge. Awarded the NASA Space Flight Medal, his second[4] and the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal.
STS-51-I
NASA
Space
Flight
Air Force
Distinguished
Service
1986 Retired from NASA, US Air Force, promoted to Major General. Awarded the Defense Distinguished Service Medal.
Defense
Distinguished
Service
2001 Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame[5]
2006 Awarded the NASA Public Service Medal[4]

Sources

  1. "Missouri, Jackson County Marriage ," Ancestry.com.
  2. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, 1954
  3. Wikipedia List of Astronauts, 1966
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Agency Awards Historical Recipient List
  5. Hall of Fame Bio

See also:

  • Wikipedia: Joe Engle
  • Wikidata: Item Q374034, en:Wikipedia help.gif
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRV1-XM7 : accessed 10 December 2017), Joe H Engle in household of Abner Engle, Chapman, Noble Township, Dickinson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 21-33, sheet 8B, line 59, family 192, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1228.
  • NASA Bio
  • Ancestry Profile

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