Joe Engle

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{{Short description|American astronaut (1932–2024)}}
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{{Infobox astronaut
| name = Joe Engle
| image = S71-52272 orig.jpg
| caption = Engle in 1971
| birth_name = Joe Henry Engle
| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|8|26}}
| birth_place = [[Abilene, Kansas]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|7|10|1932|8|26}}
| death_place = [[Houston, Texas]], U.S.
| resting_place = [[Arlington National Cemetery]], [[Arlington, Virginia]], U.S.
| education = [[University of Kansas]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| awards = [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]<br />[[NASA Distinguished Service Medal]]
| type = [[NASA astronaut]]
| rank = [[Major general (United States)|Major General]], [[United States Air Force|USAF]]/[[Air National Guard|ANG]]
| time = 9d 8h 30m
| selection = [[NASA Astronaut Group 5|NASA Group 5 (1966)]]
| mission = {{ubl|[[X-15#Highest flights|X-15 Flight 138]]|[[X-15#Highest flights|X-15 Flight 143]]|[[X-15#Highest flights|X-15 Flight 153]]|[[Approach and Landing Tests|ALT, Crew 2]]|[[STS-2]]|[[STS-51-I]]}}
| insignia = [[File:Enterprise 1977 Approach and Landing Test mission patch.png|44px]] [[File:Sts-2-patch.png|46px]] [[File:Sts-51-i-patch.png|41px]]
| retirement = November 28, 1986
}}

'''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 Shuttle]] missions including [[STS-2]] in 1981, the program's second orbital flight. He also flew two flights in the Shuttle program's 1977 [[Approach and Landing Tests]]. Engle was one of twelve pilots who flew the [[North American X-15]], an experimental [[spaceplane]] jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.

As an X-15 pilot, Engle made three flights above {{convert|50|mi}}, thus qualifying for [[astronaut wings]] under the American convention for the [[boundary of space]]. In 1966, he was selected for NASA's [[NASA Astronaut Group 5|5th Astronaut Group]], joining the [[Apollo program]]. He was backup [[Lunar Module]] Pilot (LMP) for [[Apollo 14]] and was originally scheduled to walk on the Moon as LMP for [[Apollo 17]]. However, cancellation of later flights prompted NASA to select geologist-astronaut [[Harrison Schmitt]] as the Lunar Module Pilot, displacing Engle.

==Biography==

===Personal life and education===
Engle was born on August 26, 1932, in [[Abilene, Kansas]].<ref name="nasajsc" /> He was raised in [[Chapman, Kansas]], where he attended primary and secondary school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Engle Obituary - Houston, TX |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/houston-tx/joe-engle-11892588 |access-date=July 17, 2024 |website=Dignity Memorial}}</ref> Engle graduated from [[Chapman High School (Chapman, Kansas)|Dickinson County High School]] in 1950.<ref name="salina">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1121622/ |title=Dickinson County's historical high school |newspaper=The Salina Journal |date=September 10, 1989 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |page=33 |access-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-date=December 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202153035/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1121622/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He was active as a [[Scouts BSA (Boy Scouts of America)|Boy Scout]] and earned the rank of [[First Class Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|First Class]].<ref name="Boy Scouts">{{cite web |title=Scouting and Space Exploration |work=[[Boy Scouts of America]] |url=http://www.scouting.org/About/FactSheets/scouting_space.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213130/http://www.scouting.org/about/factsheets/scouting_space.aspx |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |date=2016 }}</ref> Engle received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Aerospace engineering|Aerospace Engineering]] from the [[University of Kansas]] in 1955, where he was a member of the [[Theta Tau]] Professional Engineering Fraternity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thetatau.org/Websites/thetatauhq/images/Alumni_Hall_Of_Fame_Laureates.pdf |title=Alumni Hall of Fame Laureates |publisher=Theta Tau |access-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-date=September 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909004111/http://thetatau.org/Websites/thetatauhq/images/Alumni_Hall_Of_Fame_Laureates.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maj. Gen. Joe H. Engle |url=https://engr.ku.edu/people/maj-gen-joe-h-engle |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=engr.ku.edu |language=en}}</ref>

Engle was married to the former Mary Catherine Lawrence (1934–2004)<ref>{{cite news |title=Mary Lawrence Engle Obituary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/688178541/?match=1&terms=mary%20engle |access-date=2024-07-13 |work=The Kansas City Star |date=December 15, 2004 }}</ref> of [[Mission Hills, Kansas]], and had two children and one stepchild.<ref name="nasajsc" /> After her death, he married Jeanie Carter of [[Houston, Texas]].<ref name="nasajsc" /> Engle's recreational interests included [[Aviation|flying]] (including [[World War II]] fighter aircraft), [[big game hunting]], [[Backpacking (wilderness)|backpacking]], and athletics.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |author=NYT Staff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/13/us/engle-from-childhood-he-planned-to-be-a-pilot.html |title=Engle: From Childhood He Planned to be a Pilot|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=December 1, 2017 |date=November 13, 1981 |page=A30 |archive-date=October 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022200538/https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/13/us/engle-from-childhood-he-planned-to-be-a-pilot.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was a member of the [[Society of Experimental Test Pilots]] and became a Fellow in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.setp.org/setp-personnel/fellow-classes.html |title=Fellow Classes |publisher=The Society of Experimental Test Pilots|access-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306055156/http://www.setp.org/setp-personnel/fellow-classes.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Engle died at his home in Houston, Texas on July 10, 2024, at the age of 91.<ref>{{cite news |title=Joe Engle, Last of the X-15 Test Pilots Who Touched Space, Dies at 91 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/07/12/joe-engle-astronaut-nasa-dies/|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=July 12, 2024|last=Murphy|first=Brian|access-date=July 12, 2024}}</ref><ref name="KAKE-TV">{{cite news |last=Burnett |first=Cameron |title=Trailblazing Kansas astronaut General Joe Engle dies at 91 |url=https://www.kake.com/story/51029811/trailblazing-kansas-astronaut-general-joe-engle-dies-at-91 |access-date=July 11, 2024 |work=[[KAKE-DT]] |publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=July 11, 2024 |location=Wichita, Kansas |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711203339/https://www.kake.com/story/51029811/trailblazing-kansas-astronaut-general-joe-engle-dies-at-91 |url-status=live }}</ref> With Engle's death, all 12 pilots to fly the X-15 are now deceased.<ref name="Obit by Pearlman">{{Cite news | first=Robert |last=Pearlman |title= Joe Engle, X-15 rocket plane and space shuttle astronaut, dies at 91 | work=[[collectSPACE]] |date=July 11, 2024 | url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-071124a-joe-engle-x15-space-shuttle-nasa-astronaut-obituary.html | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240711114556/http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-071124a-joe-engle-x15-space-shuttle-nasa-astronaut-obituary.html | archive-date=July 11, 2024 | url-status=live }}</ref>

===Flight experience===
[[File:Joe Engle X-15 pilot.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Engle with the X-15A-2 aircraft in 1965]]
[[File:ARPS Class III.jpg|thumb|ARPS Class III graduates. Front row: [[Edward Givens|Ed Givens]], [[Tommie D. Benefield|Tommie Benefield]], [[Charles Bassett|Charlie Bassett]], [[Francis G. Neubeck|Greg Neubeck]] and [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Mike Collins]]. Back row: Al Atwell, Neil Garland, Jim Roman, Al Uhalt and Engle]]

Engle received his commission in the U.S. Air Force through the [[Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps]] at the [[University of Kansas]]. While in school he was a member of the Professional Engineering Fraternity [[Theta Tau]], and decided to become a [[test pilot]]. While working at [[Cessna Aircraft]] during the summer, he learned how to fly from a fellow [[draftsman]], Henry Dittmer.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nichols |first=Bruce |title=Joe Engle: From Rocket Ships to the Space Shuttle |work=[[United Press International]] |location=Houston |date=October 30, 1981 |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/10/31/Joe-Engle-From-rocket-ships-to-the-Space-Shuttle/4367373352400/ |access-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-date=April 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190428050233/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/10/31/Joe-Engle-From-rocket-ships-to-the-Space-Shuttle/4367373352400/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="engleoh">{{cite web |title=Joe H. Engle Oral History Interviews |work=Johnson Space Center Oral History Project |publisher=National Aeronautical and Space Administration |location=Houston |url=https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/EngleJH/englejh.htm |date=2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619121107/https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/EngleJH/englejh.htm |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=July 11, 2024 }}</ref>

Engle entered flying school in 1957, and received his [[U.S. Air Force aeronautical rating|pilot wings]] in 1958. He flew the [[F-100 Super Sabre]] with the [[474th Tactical Fighter Squadron|474th Fighter Day Squadron]] and the [[309th Tactical Fighter Squadron]] at [[George Air Force Base]], California. [[Chuck Yeager]] recommended Engle for [[U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School|Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School]], from which he graduated in 1961, and he was later assigned to the third class of the [[U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School|Aerospace Research Pilot School]], despite his reluctance to leave "stick and rudder" flying for a [[space capsule]].<ref name="engleoh" />

After serving as a test pilot in the Fighter Test Group at [[Edwards Air Force Base]], California, Engle was a test pilot in the [[North American X-15|X-15 research program]] at Edwards from June 1963 until his assignment to the Manned Spacecraft Center (now the [[Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center]]). Engle had applied with fellow ARPS student [[Charles Bassett]] and [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]] to the [[NASA Astronaut Group 3|third NASA astronaut group]], but the Air Force withdrew Engle's NASA application and instead chose him to replace [[Robert M. White]] in the X-15 program, which pleased Engle.<ref name="engleoh" />

Engle's parents witnessed his X-15 flight of June 29, 1965, which exceeded an altitude of 50 miles (80 km) and qualified him for [[astronaut wings]]; he again exceeded 50 miles twice during his career of 16 flights.<ref name="engleoh" /> On his final X-15 mission, free flight 153 (1-61-101), which took place on October 14, 1965, he became the first of only two pilots to accomplish a sub-orbital space flight in an X-15 without the benefit of the assistance provided by the MH-96 adaptive flight control system.<ref>{{cite book |last=Evans |first=Michelle |url=http://www.mach25media.com/Resources/X15FlightLog.pdf|title= The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flight Log| publisher = Mach 25 Media | date=2020 | page = 44 | access-date = July 11, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240608165114/http://www.mach25media.com/Resources/X15FlightLog.pdf | archive-date = June 8, 2024 | url-status = live}}</ref> Despite what he later called "the best flying job in the world", Engle decided to apply again to NASA as he expected to be rotated to another Air Force assignment within a year and hoped to go to the Moon.<ref name="engleoh" />

Engle flew over 185 different types of aircraft (25 different fighters) during his career, logging more than 15,400 hours flight time of which 9,000 were in [[jet aircraft]].<ref name="nasajsc">{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/engle_joe.pdf |website=NASA |access-date=January 21, 2021 |title=Astronaut Bio: Joe Henry Engle |date=June 2009 |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331151644/https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/engle_joe.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

===NASA career===
[[File:Sts-2 crew.jpg|thumb|left|Engle, commander of the STS-2 mission, with Truly, pilot]]

Engle was one of [[NASA Astronaut Group 5|19 astronauts selected by NASA]] in April 1966.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28240973/the_high_point_enterprise/|title=19 New Spacemen Are Named|last1=Thompson|first1=Ronald|newspaper=The High Point Enterprise|location=High Point, North Carolina|date=April 5, 1966|page=2A|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 10, 2019|archive-date=April 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411105616/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28240973/the_high_point_enterprise/|url-status=live}}</ref> He served on the support crew for [[Apollo 10]]. He then served as backup [[Lunar Module]] Pilot for the [[Apollo 14]] mission. He was due to land on the [[Moon]] as Lunar Module Pilot for [[Apollo 17]], but was replaced by geologist [[Harrison Schmitt]]. This was a result of pressure from the scientific community to have a professional geologist explore the Moon, and not just test pilot engineers who had been given rudimentary geology training. In response to getting bumped from [[Apollo 17]], he said "When you think about it, the lunar missions were geology-oriented."<ref name="nyt" />

According to Engle, [[Deke Slayton]] asked him whether he would prefer to fly on [[Skylab]], [[Apollo–Soyuz]], or the Space Shuttle; Engle responded that he would prefer the Shuttle as it was an airplane.{{r|engleoh}}

[[File:Engle.jpg|thumb|upright|Joe Engle flew two missions as Space Shuttle commander.]]
[[File:STS-51-I crew.jpg|thumb|The crew of the [[STS-51-I]] mission. Engle is at the lower left.]]
[[File:Joe Engle and Kevin P. Chilton at Space, Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame.jpg|thumb|Major General Joe Engle with fellow astronaut General [[Kevin P. Chilton]]]]

Engle was commander of one of the two crews that flew the [[Approach and Landing Tests|Space Shuttle Approach and Landing Test Flights]] from June through October 1977. The [[Space Shuttle Enterprise|Space Shuttle ''Enterprise'']] was carried to 25,000 feet on top of the [[Boeing 747]] carrier aircraft, and then released for its two-minute glide flight to landing. In this series of flight tests, Engle evaluated the Orbiter handling qualities and landing characteristics, and obtained the stability and control, and performance data in the subsonic flight envelope for the Space Shuttle. He was the backup commander for [[STS-1]], the first orbital test flight of [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']]. Together with pilot [[Richard Truly]] he flew as commander on the second flight of the Space Shuttle, [[STS-2]], becoming the last NASA rookie to command a spaceflight until [[Raja Chari]] in 2021 on [[SpaceX Crew-3]]. He was also mission commander on [[STS-51-I]] and logged over 225 hours in space.<ref name="engleoh" />

Engle was one of two people to have flown into space on two different types of winged vehicles: the [[X-15]] and the Space Shuttle, on STS-2 (the other person being [[Frederick W. Sturckow]]). Engle manually flew large numbers of flight-test maneuvers on the Shuttle during reentry and landing; periods of manually flown test maneuvers were interspersed with periods of computer control.<ref name="engleoh" /><ref>{{cite book |title=Space Shuttle: Developing an Icon 1972–2013 |first=Dennis R. |last=Jenkins |publisher=Speciality Press |isbn=978-1580072496 |date=2017 }}</ref>

He served as deputy associate administrator for manned space flight at NASA Headquarters from March to December 1982.<ref name="nasajsc" /> He retained his astronaut flight status and returned to [[Johnson Space Center]] in January 1983.<ref name="nasajsc" /> He also participated in the [[STS-51-L|''Challenger'' disaster]] investigation in 1986, and did other consulting work on the Shuttle well into the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/engle-joe/|title=Engle, Joe Henry|publisher=The National Aviation Hall of Fame|access-date=December 1, 2017|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203013758/http://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/engle-joe/ }}</ref>

=== Post-NASA career ===
Engle retired from the USAF with the rank of [[Colonel (United States)|colonel]] on November 14, 1986, and from NASA on November 28, 1986.<ref name="olathe">{{cite web |title=Astronaut promoted to general |work=The Olathe Daily News |date=December 2, 1986 |agency=UPI |page=3 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/817337002/ |access-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711171705/https://www.newspapers.com/image/817337002/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Recer|first=Paul|title=Senior NASA astronaut Joe H. Engle retires|url=https://apnews.com/7927dc4b8e1c02a508c4df973b1e2c23|publisher=AP|access-date=July 17, 2013|date=December 2, 1986|archive-date=January 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108100748/https://apnews.com/7927dc4b8e1c02a508c4df973b1e2c23|url-status=live}}</ref> On December 1, 1986, he was appointed by the [[Governor of Kansas]] and the [[United States Secretary of the Air Force]] to a billet in the [[Kansas Air National Guard]] at the rank of [[Brigadier general (United States)|brigadier general]], initially serving as a special assistant to the [[adjutant general]]. Under this arrangement, Engle was permitted to retain Houston residency.<ref name="olathe" /><ref name="n509">{{cite web |title=Veteran Astronaut Resigns |page=11 |work=Anderson Independent-Mail |agency=Associated Press |date=December 3, 1986 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/812246439/ |access-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711171835/https://www.newspapers.com/image/812246439/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The discrepancy between his Air Force and Air National Guard ranks was rectified by Senate confirmation of his promotion on February 2, 1988.<ref name="q053">{{cite web |title=18 nominees for Air Force, 100th Congress (1987–1988) |website=Congress.gov |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/100th-congress/780?r=2&s=3 |access-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711181452/https://www.congress.gov/nomination/100th-congress/780?r=2&s=3 |url-status=live}}</ref> He subsequently served as [[Air National Guard]] assistant to the commander in chief, [[United States Space Command]] and [[North American Aerospace Defense Command|North American Air Defense Command]] (NORAD), with headquarters at [[Peterson Air Force Base]], [[Colorado]]. Engle ultimately retired from the Air National Guard around 1991 at the rank of [[Major general (United States)|major general]], a promotion previously confirmed by the Senate on June 22, 1989.<ref name="y596">{{cite web |title=14 nominees for Air Force, 101st Congress (1989–1990) |website=Congress.gov |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/101st-congress/373?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22%5C%22Joe+Engle%5C%22%22%7D&s=3&r=1 |access-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713084656/https://www.congress.gov/nomination/101st-congress/373?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%22%5C%22Joe+Engle%5C%22%22%7D&s=3&r=1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="springville">{{cite web |title=Astronaut to speak to Scouts |page=7 |work=The Springville Herald |date=January 29, 1992 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/282581641/ |access-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711181940/https://www.newspapers.com/image/282581641/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1992, he was inducted into the [[Aerospace Walk of Honor]].<ref name="b984">{{cite web |title=Former NASA astronaut Joe Engle Dies |website=SPACE & DEFENSE |date=July 12, 2024 |url=https://spaceanddefense.io/former-nasa-astronaut-joe-engle-dies/ |access-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-date=July 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240713084654/https://spaceanddefense.io/former-nasa-astronaut-joe-engle-dies/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2001, Engle was inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] and the [[U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame]].<ref name="nationalhalloffame">{{cite web |title=Joe Henry Engle |website=National Aviation Hall of Fame |url=https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/joe-henry-engle/ |access-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317004011/https://nationalaviation.org/enshrinee/joe-henry-engle/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ushalloffame" />

==Awards and honors==
[[File:Apollo 14 Backup Lunar Module Pilot Joe Engle.jpg|right|thumb|upright|Joe Engle as backup Lunar Module Pilot for Apollo 14]]
* [[Astronaut Badge#U.S. Air Force astronauts|USAF Astronaut Badge]] (1964)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.space.com/1465-nasa-15-pilots-awarded-astronaut-wings.html|title=Former NASA X-15 Pilots Awarded Astronaut Wings|last1=Pearlman|first1=Robert|work=Space.com|date=August 23, 2005|access-date=December 1, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202153011/https://www.space.com/1465-nasa-15-pilots-awarded-astronaut-wings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Defense Distinguished Service Medal]] – "for outstanding achievements"<ref name="nasajsc" />
* [[Air Force Distinguished Service Medal]] (1985)<ref name="nasajsc" /><ref name="burgess" />
* [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]], twice (1964 and 1978) – "for outstanding achievements"<ref name="nyt" /><ref name="burgess">{{cite book|title=The Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts: Expanding the Space Frontier in the Late Sixties|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3319510149 |last1=Shayler |first1=David |last2=Burgess |first2=Colin |page=372 |date=2017 }}</ref>
* [[NASA Distinguished Service Medal]]<ref name="nasajsc" /><ref name="burgess" />
* Two [[NASA Space Flight Medal]]s<ref name="oral" />
* [[NASA Exceptional Service Medal]]<ref name="nasajsc" /><ref name="burgess" />
* NASA Special Achievement Award<ref name="oral" />
* USAF Outstanding Young Officer of the Year (1964)<ref name="nasajsc" />
* Kansan of the Year (1964)<ref name="nasajsc" />
* [[United States Junior Chamber|U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce]]'s one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men of America (1964)<ref name="nasajsc" />
* [[American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics]] (AIAA) Pioneer of Flight Award (1965)<ref name="oral">{{cite web|url=https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/EngleJH/EngleJH_Bio.pdf|publisher=NASA JSC|access-date=December 1, 2017|title=NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project: Biographical History Data Sheet|date=February 11, 2015|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201082637/https://www.jsc.nasa.gov/history/oral_histories/EngleJH/EngleJH_Bio.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* AIAA Lawrence Sperry Award for Flight Research (1966)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aiaa.org/HonorsAndAwardsRecipientsList.aspx?awardId=490bf646-2387-4790-9dcb-53bd020d4bb9|title=Lawrence Sperry Award Recipients|publisher=AIAA|access-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126235130/https://www.aiaa.org/HonorsAndAwardsRecipientsList.aspx?awardId=490bf646-2387-4790-9dcb-53bd020d4bb9|archive-date=January 26, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Iven C. Kincheloe]] Prize awarded by the [[Society of Experimental Test Pilots]] (1977) – for taking part in testing the Space Shuttle ''Enterprise''<ref name="burgess" />
* AIAA Haley Space Flight Award (1980)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aiaa.org/HonorsAndAwardsRecipientsList.aspx?awardId=1114bf4b-9ad4-488a-87e3-870d05d961f8|title=Haley Space Flight Award Recipients|publisher=AIAA|access-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190221000509/https://www.aiaa.org/HonorsAndAwardsRecipientsList.aspx?awardId=1114bf4b-9ad4-488a-87e3-870d05d961f8|archive-date=February 21, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy]]<ref name="burgess" />
* [[Robert J. Collier Trophy]]<ref name="nasajsc" /><ref name="burgess" />
* [[Harmon International Trophy]] (1981)<ref name="nasajsc" />
* [[University of Kansas]] Distinguished Service Citation (1982)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://today.ku.edu/2017/09/08/astronauts-joe-engle-steven-hawley-serve-grand-marshals-homecoming-parade-0|title=Astronauts Joe Engle, Steven Hawley to serve as grand marshals for Homecoming parade|date=September 8, 2017|access-date=December 1, 2017|publisher=University of Kansas|archive-date=December 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203082736/https://today.ku.edu/2017/09/08/astronauts-joe-engle-steven-hawley-serve-grand-marshals-homecoming-parade-0|url-status=live}}</ref>
* University of Kansas School of Engineering Distinguished Engineering Service Award (1982)<ref name="nasajsc" />
* General [[Thomas D. White]] USAF Space Trophy, 1981<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/1997/May%201997/0597recs.pdf |title=The Gen. Thomas D. White USAF Space Trophy |publisher=USAF |magazine=AIR FORCE Magazine |date=May 1997 |page=156 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220306030237/https://www.airforcemag.com/PDF/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/1997/May%201997/0597recs.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2022 }}</ref>
* [[Aerospace Walk of Honor]], [[Lancaster, California]] (1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityoflancasterca.org/home/showdocument?id=33972|title=Walk of Honor|publisher=City of Lancaster|access-date=December 1, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202203147/http://www.cityoflancasterca.org/home/showdocument?id=33972|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ind92>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36299236/the_los_angeles_times/|title=Ceremony Will Honor 5 Test Pilots|last1=Halley|first1=Blaine|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|location=Los Angeles, California|date=September 19, 1992|via=Newspapers.com|page=B2|access-date=September 24, 2019|archive-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924064530/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36299236/the_los_angeles_times/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]], [[Dayton, Ohio]] (2001)<ref name="burgess" />
* [[U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame]], Florida (2001)<ref name="ushalloffame">{{cite web |url=http://astronautscholarship.org/Astronauts/joe-h-engle/ |title=Joe Engle inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame |publisher=Astronaut Scholarship Foundation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031224534/http://astronautscholarship.org/Astronauts/joe-h-engle/ |archive-date=October 31, 2023| url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Award of Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/126354/two-space-missile-pioneers-selected-for-2007/|title=Two Space & Missile Pioneers selected for 2007|publisher=USAF|last=Rust|first=Kate|date=July 6, 2007|access-date=December 2, 2017|archive-date=December 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171202203131/http://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/126354/two-space-missile-pioneers-selected-for-2007/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[International Air & Space Hall of Fame]] (2014)<ref>Sprekelmeyer, Linda, editor (2006). ''These We Honor: The International Aerospace Hall of Fame''. Donning Co. Publishers. {{ISBN|978-1-57864-397-4}}.</ref>

== See also ==
* [[The Astronaut Monument]]

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==References==
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==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Milton O. |date=1992 |title=At the Edge of Space: The X-15 Flight Program |url=https://archive.org/details/atedgeofspacex1500thom/mode/2up |url-access=registration |location=Washington, D.C. and London |publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press |isbn=1-56098-107-5 |oclc=24010699 |access-date=July 13, 2024 }}

==External links==
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* [http://www.setp.org/winners/iven-c-kincheloe-recipients.html Iven C. Kincheloe Awards]
* [http://nationalaviation.org/engle-joe/ Joe Engle] ({{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20140812002844/http://nationalaviation.org/engle-joe/ |date=August 12, 2014}}) at the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]]
* [http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/joe-engle/12045 Joe Engle] at the [[Kansas Historical Society]]
* {{IMDb name|3400653}}

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