Joseph Henry Engle
"Joe"

Born: 26 August 1932, Abilene, Kansas, United States

Nationality: American

Died:

Group: NASA Group 5 (4 April 1966)

Status: Retired

 

USAF (Non-FAI) Flights:
1	X-15 Flight #138	29 June 1965	10 minutes, 32 seconds
2	X-15 Flight #143	10 August 1965	9 minutes, 52 seconds
3	X-15 Flight #153	14 October 1965	9 minutes, 18 seconds

 

FAI Flights:
1	STS-2	12 November 1981	2 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, 12 seconds
2	51-I	27 August 1985	7 days, 2 hours, 17 minutes, 42 seconds

 

Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance:
X-15 Flight #92	7 October 1963	7 minutes, 37 seconds
X-15 Flight #95	14 November 1963	7 minutes, 47 seconds
X-15 Flight #98	8 January 1964	8 minutes, 51 seconds
X-15 Flight #104	8 April 1964	9 minutes, 46 seconds
X-15 Flight #107	19 May 1964	9 minutes, 1 second
X-15 Flight #111	8 July 1964	9 minutes, 56 seconds
X-15 Flight #112	29 July 1964	7 minutes,49  seconds
X-15 Flight #117	28 September 1964	9 minutes, 34 seconds
X-15 Flight #123	10 December 1964	9 minutes, 45 seconds
X-15 Flight #126	2 February 1965	9 minutes, 58 seconds
X-15 Flight #130	23 April 1965	7 minutes, 42 seconds
X-15 Flight #134	28 May 1965	9 minutes, 37 seconds
X-15 Flight #135	16 June 1965	9 minutes, 46 seconds

Flying the X-15 a total of 16 times, only 3 flights took him high enough to qualify for astronaut wings under USAF rules, but did not earn FAI astronaut wings until STS-2.

Engle also flew three times as commander aboard the shuttle Enterprise during the Approach and Landings tests