OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — An exhibit featuring personal archives and memorabilia of a former NASA astronaut is on display in Oshkosh.
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Friday for the new exhibit honoring Joe Engle at the EAA Aviation Museum.
Engle is the only person who participated in the X-15 rocket plane program, the Apollo program and Space Shuttle missions.
Joe and his wife Jeanie, who also has an impressive NASA career, donated the collection to the EAA Aviation Foundation last year.
Joe is a member of the National Aviation Hall of Fame and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, having been inducted into both in 2001. His personal archives coming to EAA include memorabilia from his careers in NASA as well as the U.S. Air Force., where he participated in both the USAF Test Pilot School and the Aerospace Research Pilot School. Engle was selected as a NASA astronaut in 1966, and served as support crew and Capcom for Apollo 10 and backup lunar module pilot and capcom for Apollo 14.
Joe later commanded space shuttle approach and test flights in 1977 and served as commander of the second space shuttle flight, STS-2, in 1981 and the STS-51I shuttle flight of the shuttle Discovery in 1985.
Meanwhile Jeanie served as the Johnson Space Center’s Chief Knowledge Officer for eight of her more than 30 years there. She also served as Johnson Space Center’s Chief Information Officer and Deputy IT Security Manager during her career.
