Joe Engle

Joe Henry Engle (Agusta 26, 1932 - Yuli 10, 2024) wani matuƙin jirgi Ba'amurke ne, injiniyan jirgin sama, kuma dan sama jannati NASA. Shi ne kwamandan ayyukan Jiragen Sama guda biyu da suka haɗa da STS-2 a cikin 1981, jirgin sama na biyu na shirin. Ya kuma tashi jirage biyu a cikin shirin Shuttle na 1977 Approach and Landing Tests. Engle ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin matukan jirgi goma sha biyu da suka tashi a Arewacin Amurka X-15, wani jirgin gwaji na hadin gwiwa da Sojojin Sama da NASA ke sarrafa su.

A matsayin matukin jirgi na X-15, Engle ya yi jirage uku sama da mil 50, don haka ya cancanci samun fikafikan 'yan sama jannati a karkashin yarjejeniyar Amurka don iyakar sararin samaniya.A cikin 1966 an zaɓe shi don Ƙungiyar Samaniya ta 5 ta NASA, yana shiga shirin Apollo. Ya kasance madaidaicin Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) don Apollo 14 kuma tun farko an shirya tafiya akan wata a matsayin LMP don Apollo 17.Koyaya, soke tashin jirage daga baya ya sa NASA ta zaɓi masanin sararin samaniya Harrison Schmitt a matsayin Matukin Lunar Module, wanda ya maye gurbin Engle.

Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Engle a ranar 26 ga Agustan shekarar 1932, a Abilene, Kansas.https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/engle_joe.pdfYa girma a Chapman, Kansas, inda ya halarci makarantar firamare da sakandare.https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/houston-tx/joe-engle-11892588Engle ya sauke karatu daga Dickinson County High School a 1950.https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1121622/Ya kasance mai ƙwazo a matsayin Boy Scout kuma ya sami matsayi na Ajin Farko.https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213130/http://www.scouting.org/about/factsheets/scouting_space.aspxEngle ya sami digiri na Kimiyya a Injiniya Aerospace daga Jami'ar Kansas a 1955, inda ya kasance memba na Theta Tau Professional Engineering Fraternity.https://engr.ku.edu/people/maj-gen-joe-h-engle
Ya auri Mary Catherine Lawrence (1934 – 2004) na Ofishin Jakadancin Hills, Kansas, kuma yana da ’ya’ya biyu da ɗiya ɗaya. Bayan mutuwarta, ya auri Jeanie Carter daga Houston, Texas.https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/engle_joe.pdfAbubuwan nishaɗin Engle sun haɗa da tashi (ciki har da jirgin saman yaƙi na Yaƙin Duniya na II), babban farauta, jakunkuna, da wasannin motsa jikihttps://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/13/us/engle-from-childhood-he-planned-to-be-a-pilot.htmlYa kasance memba na Society of Testing Pilots kuma ya zama Fellow a 2009.http://www.setp.org/setp-personnel/fellow-classes.html
Engle ya mutu a gidansa a Houston, Texas a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 2024, yana da shekaru 91.Tare da mutuwar Engle, duk matukan jirgi 12 da za su tashi X-15 yanzu sun mutu.http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-071124a-joe-engle-x15-space-shuttle-nasa-astronaut-obituary.html

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