STS-2 CREW: JOE ENGLE and RICHARD TRULY The two-man crew of the space shuttle Columbia's second orbital flight are pictured in space suits with a model of the orbiter. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Arthur -/Richard Truly", "Joe Engle". Color, 10x8. Official NASA photo, shown in spacesuits with a model of the shuttle. After conducting Approach and Landing tests of the prototype space shuttle Enterprise in 1977, Joe Engle and Richard Truly took the shuttle Columbia on its second orbital flight, November 12-13, 1981. RICHARD H. TRULY (b. 1937) was among the first military astronauts selected in 1965 and became a NASA astronaut in 1969. In 1983, he served as commander of STS-8, successfully completing the first night launch and landing. Retired Vice Admiral Truly served as the eighth Administrator of NASA (1989-1992) and was the first former astronaut to do so. JOE H. ENGLE (born 1932) became a NASA astronaut in 1966, tested the X-15, flew the STS-2, STS-51-I and was a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Over the course of his career he flew more than 155 types of aircraft. Engle is the only human being to have flown two different types of winged vehicles in space (X-15 & Space Shuttle) and was inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2001. Edges toned. Printed caption on verso. Otherwise, fine condition. - Please contact us if you have any questions or require additional information. DOCUMENT 295839

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