Engle with the X-15A-2 aircraft in 1965. NASA photo
PRESS RELEASE -The personal archives and memorabilia of astronaut Joe Engle, the only person to participate in the X-15, Apollo, and space shuttle programs, will go on display at the EAA Aviation Museum on June 4, after Joe and Jeanie Engle donated the collection to the EAA Aviation Foundation in 2020.
The Engles will participate in a brief dedication and ribbon cutting for the display, adjacent to The Borman Collection on the museum’s main level, honoring Gemini and Apollo astronaut Frank Borman. It further exemplifies the connection between aviation and the pioneers of spaceflight, who came from the nation’s corps of top test pilots and aviators.
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NASA astronaut Kayla Barron. Credit: NASA
NASA has assigned astronaut Kayla Barron to join three crewmates on a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft set to launch to the International Space Station in October, rounding out a four-person team after the space agency was unable to secure an agreement to add a Russian cosmonaut to the mission.
Barron, a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy, will be launching on her first mission to space. She joins commander Raja Chari, another first-time space flier, veteran astronaut Thomas Marshburn, and rookie European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer on SpaceX’s third operational Crew Dragon flight to the space station.
7-May-2021 Source: XTI Aircraft
XTI Aircraft Company (XTI), a privately-held company developing the world’s first long-range civilian vertical takeoff and landing airplane, announced the hiring of James Kromberg to lead XTI’s flight test team, and develop its training plan and test requirements for the TriFan 600.
Mr. Kromberg is a senior flight test pilot and aeronautical engineer with over 25 years flight test experience. During that period, he has been a pilot, test pilot, and instructor for several civilian and military organizations including First Officer and Flight Engineer for American Airlines, U.S.Marine Corps AV-8B Test Pilot, USAF F-35 Chief Test Pilot, as well as instructing in multiple additional aircraft while assigned to the USAF Test Pilot School.