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Joe Engle, X-15 rocket plane and space shuttle astronaut, dies at 91
Joe Engle, the first astronaut to fly in space aboard two different winged vehicles, has died at the age of 91. Engle's first flights into space on board the X-15 rocket plane preceded him becoming a NASA astronaut and launching twice on the space shuttle.
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