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27 de may. de 2004 · Joe H. Engle. Interviewed by Rebecca Wright. Houston, Texas – 27 May 2004. Wright: Today is May 27, 2004. This oral history interview with Joe Engle is being conducted in Houston, Texas, for the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. The interviewer is Rebecca Wright, assisted by Sandra Johnson and Jennifer Ross-Nazzal.
If available, the Biographical Data Sheet provided background information for the Oral Historian to prepare for the interview. A project research historian submitted the data sheet on the date listed at the end of the file. To continue, choose a link below: Joe H. Engle Oral History Interviews. April 22, 2004.
Joe Engle was born in Abilene, Kansas, and attended the University of Kansas where he graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955. Commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program, he earned his pilot's wings in 1958 and was assigned to fly F-100s for the 474th Fighter Day Squadron and, later, the 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron at George AFB, California.
Joe Engle werd voor twee vluchten van het Apolloprogramma geselecteerd. De eerste was Apollo 14 , waarvoor hij werd geselecteerd als back-up piloot van de maanmodule. Oorspronkelijk zou hij ook meevliegen aan boord van de Apollo 17 , maar werd door NASA vervangen door geoloog Harrison Schmitt , omdat er sterke druk werd uitgeoefend op NASA om een geoloog op de maan te laten landen.
Engle and Richard Truly flew the first flight of the Space Shuttle in the orbital configuration. His pilot for this flight, STS-2, was Richard H. Truly. Despite a mission shortened from 5 days to 2 days because of a failed fuel cell, the crew accomplished more than 90% of the objectives set for STS-2 before returning to a landing on the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, California ...
Engle, Joe H. Captain Joe H. Engle was first selected by Air Command and Staff College’s Gathering of Eagles in 1983 and subsequently honored in 1987, 1989, 1995, 1997, and 2001, respectively. Engle became America’s youngest astronaut on 29 June 1965, at age 32, after piloting his X-15 research aircraft to an altitude of 280,600 feet.
4 de nov. de 2022 · In this interview Joe engle talks about his experience as a X-15 Test Pilot, an Astronaut on the Space Shuttle and a restored P-38 Kingcobra.Joe Henry Engle ...
