| Birthdate: | 26.08.1932 |
| Birthplace: | Dickinson County / Kansas |
| Marital status: | married |
| Children: | two |
| Selection date: | 04.04.1966 |
| Selection group: | X-15 3 / NASA-5 |
| Job: | CDR |
| Status: | Ret. 30.11.1986 |
| Day of death: | 10.07.2024 |
| Place of death: | Houston, Texas |
EngleJoe Henry |
USA |
International order nº: 24 |
US astr. nº: 13 |
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| 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 | ||||||
 X-15 Engle Joe |
 Engle Joe in X-15 |
 Enterprise ALT |
| 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-51L (Discovery/6) |
10h.58m.01s. Aug 27, 1985 |
Cdr | STS-51L (Discovery/6) |
13h.16m.30s. Sep 03, 1985 |
7d.02h.18m.29s. |
| Total duration: | 9d.08h.32m.31s. | |||||
| Nº. | Mission | Position | Date |
| 1 | Apollo 14 | LMP | |
| 1 | STS-1 | CDR |
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