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...
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strategically chosen, to specifically contend issues such as abortion. Engle was described by Joe Conason as a "radical theocrat". He criticized other Evangelical...
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date) Kirsten Dehlholm, 79, Danish artist and theatre artistic director. Joe Engle, 91, American astronaut (STS-2, STS-51-I). Franco Fontana [it], 95, Italian...
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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...
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90, Canadian football player (BC Lions, Calgary Stampeders) (b. 1933) Joe Engle, 91, pilot, aeronautical engineer and NASA astronaut (b. 1932) Dave Loggins...
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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...
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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...
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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)...
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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...
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commanded. Chari is the first NASA rookie to command a spaceflight since Joe Engle, who commanded the STS-2 mission in 1981. On March 23, 2022, Chari and...
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