Engle, who was an Air Force colonel when he left NASA, spent a total of 224 hours in space. Friend of Yeager Joe Henry Engle was born in Abilene, Kan., on Aug. 26, 1932, and raised in nearby Chapman.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Kansas astronaut Major General Joe Engle (ret.) has died at the age of 91. According to NASA, Gen. Engle was born on Aug. 26, 1932, in Dickinson County, Kansas, and ...

Engle qualified for his astronaut wings June 29, 1965, about two months before he turned 33, when as a test pilot for the U.S. Air Force and NASA-run research project, he flew the X-15 fixed-wing ...

Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space on two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of 91. Engle's first flights into space on the X-15 preceded his launching on the space shuttle.

U.S. rocket flying pioneer dies at 91. ... Jul. 11, 2024, 3:59 p.m. Joe Engle, who first flew into space aboard the X-15 rocket plane and later aboard the space shuttle Columbia, pictured here, ...

Retired Air National Guard Major General Joe Engle, the first NASA astronaut to fly the North American X-15 hypersonic rocket plane and the space shuttle, died Wednesday. He was 91.

Over his distinguished career, Engle flew over 185 different aircraft, including NASA space shuttles HUM Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Retired NASA astronaut Joe Engle from a 1971 photo Joe ...

Friends, family and former colleagues are mourning the death of retired astronaut Joe Engel, 91, who died in his Houston home on Wednesday, NASA announced.