December 23, 2024

Joe Engle, Trail Blazer as Test Pilot and an Astronaut, Dies at 91

 Joe Engle, Trail Blazer as Test Pilot and an Astronaut, Dies at 91

Joe Engle, Trail Blazer as Test Pilot and an Astronaut, Dies at 91

He was the first to touch the edge of space and later to go beyond it in two different aircraft, an X-15 and a shuttle. But the moon, to his disappointment, proved out of reach.

Richard Sandomir