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Joe Engle

1932 - 2024

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Joe Henry Engle (August 26, 1932 – July 10, 2024) 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 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 for astronaut wings under the American convention for the boundary of space. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joe Engle is the 146th most popular astronaut (up from 164th in 2019), the 5,314th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,191st in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Joe Engle ranks 146 out of 556. Before him are Sidney M. Gutierrez, Tatyana Kuznetsova, Rusty Schweickart, Georgy Grechko, Rakesh Sharma, and Joseph A. Walker. After him are Aleksei Yeliseyev, Mae Jemison, Charles E. Brady Jr., Dumitru Prunariu, Georgi Ivanov, and Gennadi Strekalov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Joe Engle ranks 254. Before him are Max Gallo, John Glen, Patsy Cline, Ted Cassidy, Joanna Chmielewska, and Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. After him are Banharn Silpa-archa, Robert Anton Wilson, Phyllida Law, Olga Fikotová, Eileen Brennan, and Alfonso Arau. Among people deceased in 2024, Joe Engle ranks 253. Before him are Christian Oliver, Zakir Hussain, Yehuda Bauer, Wayne Kramer, Günter Brus, and Roy Haynes. After him are Rolf Wolfshohl, Imre Komora, Noriko Ohara, Aleksandr Baryshnikov, Olga Fikotová, and Peter Armbruster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joe Engle ranks 5,314 out of 20,380. Before him are Leland Sklar (1947), Alicia Silverstone (1976), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Dennis Weaver (1924), Eve Meyer (1928), and Steve Berry (1955). After him are Ethel Merman (1908), Broderick Crawford (1911), Harold Osborn (1899), Tiger Woods (1975), Ted Nugent (1948), and Barbara Harris (1935).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Joe Engle ranks 70. Before him are Peggy Whitson (1960), Christina Koch (1979), Vance D. Brand (1931), Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), Rusty Schweickart (1935), and Joseph A. Walker (1921). After him are Mae Jemison (1956), Charles E. Brady Jr. (1951), Karen Nyberg (1969), Mike Massimino (1962), Michael Foreman (1957), and Paul J. Weitz (1932).

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