Engle, Joe, 1932-

Joe Henry Engle born on August 26, 1932, in Chapman, Kansas; Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1955; Boy Scout and earned the rank of First Class; married to the late Mary Catherine Lawrence, married to Jeanie Carter Engle; eceived his commission in the U.S. Air Force through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps at the University of Kansas; received his pilot wings in 1958; selected for NASA Astronaut in 1966; Engle was Commander of one of the two crews that flew the Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test Flights from June through October 1977; Together with pilot Richard Truly he flew as Commander on the second flight of the Space Shuttle, STS-2. He was also mission commander on STS-51-I and logged over 225 hours in space; He served as Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight at NASA Headquarters from March 1982 to December 1982; participated in the Challenger disaster investigation in 1986; Engle was the Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander in Chief, United States Space Command and North American Air Defense Command (NORAD); Joe Engle retired from NASA on November 28, 1986 and the USAF on November 30, 1986