Engle

Joe Henry

USA

International order nº: 24

US astr. nº: 13

Personal data:

Birthdate:  26.08.1932
Birthplace:  Dickinson County / Kansas
Marital status:  married
Children:  two
Selection date:  04.04.1966
Job:  CDR
Status:  Ret. 30.11.1986

Suborbital Spaceflights (above 80 km):

No Spaceship Date & time
of launch (UTC)		 Status while
launch		 Date & time
of landing (UTC)		 Max. Altitude Max.Speed Duration
1 X-15-3 Flight 138 29 June 1965 Cdr 29 June 1965 85.526 km 5522 km/h 10min 32s
2 X-15-3 Flight 143 10 Aug 1965 Cdr 10 Aug 1965 82.6 km 5712 9min 52s
3 X-15-1 Flight 153 14 Oct 1965 Cdr 14 Oct 1965 81.228 km 5720 km/h 9min 18s
1 Enterprise ALT Cdr - -
Total duration: 29m 42s


X15 crew

X-15 Engle Joe

 X15 Joe Engle

Engle Joe in X-15

Enterprise ALT

Enterprise ALT

Orbital Spaceflights:

Ord.
num.		 Startup
spacecraft		 Date & time
of launch (UT)		 Status while
launch		 Spacecraft
of landing		 Date & time
of landing (UT)		 Duration
1 STS-2
(Columbia/2)		 15h.09m.59s.
Nov 12, 1981		 Cdr STS-2
(Columbia/2)		 21h.24m.01s.
Nov 14, 1981		 2d.06h.14m.02s.
2 STS-51I
(Discovery/6)		 10h.58m.01s.
Aug 27, 1985		 Cdr STS-51I
(Discovery/6)		 13h.16m.30s.
Sep 03, 1985		 7d.02h.18m.29s.
Total duration: 9d.08h.32m.31s.

Additional information

Ref.: #6, #16, #21, #173, #307 - update: 03.07.19 Home