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Astronaut and accomplished pilot Joe Engle dies at 91: The first human to reach space three times. He was also the only person to manually fly a space shuttle mission through almost its entire reentry.


The career of Joe Engle included three visits to space, and operation of two different winged vehicles: the shuttle and the X-15.

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