Editing STS-2 (section)

== Crew ==
{{Spaceflight crew
| terminology = Astronaut <ref name=nasasts2>{{cite web|url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/archives/sts-2.html|title=STS-2|publisher=NASA|access-date=August 1, 2018}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>

| position1   = Commander
| crew1_up    = [[Joe H. Engle]]
| flights1_up = First NASA

| position2   = Pilot
| crew2_up    = [[Richard H. Truly]]
| flights2_up = First
}}

Engle had been the original selection as [[Astronaut ranks and positions|Lunar Module Pilot]] for [[Apollo 17]], but was bumped in favor of geologist [[Harrison Schmitt]] when it became clear that the mission would be the last lunar landing. As a consequence, both Engle and Truly were [[rookie]]s during STS-2 (Engle had flown the [[North American X-15|X-15]] above {{cvt|80|km}} and so had earned [[United States astronaut badges#U.S. Air Force astronauts|USAF astronaut wings]], but was still considered a NASA rookie), constituting the first all-rookie crew since [[Skylab 4]], and the first and only all-rookie crew on the space shuttle.<ref name="Gebhardt, 2011">{{cite web |author=Gebhardt |first=Chris |date=February 1, 2011 |title=Space Shuttle Columbia: A New Beginning and Vision |url=https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/02/space-shuttle-columbia-a-new-beginning-and-vision/ |website=www.nasaspaceflight.com}}</ref> Engle was the last NASA rookie to command his first flight until [[Raja Chari]] in 2021 with [[SpaceX Crew-3]]. Engle and Truly had also served as one of the two Shuttle crews during the Approach and Landing Tests (ALT) program in 1977.<ref name="engleoh2">{{cite web |date=2004 |title=Joe H. Engle Oral History Interviews |url=https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/EngleJH/englejh.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240619121107/https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/EngleJH/englejh.htm |archive-date=June 19, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024 |work=Johnson Space Center Oral History Project |publisher=National Aeronautical and Space Administration |location=Houston}}</ref> 

Following STS-2, NASA required all shuttle commanders to have previous spaceflight experience.<ref name="Gebhardt, 2011" />

=== Backup crew ===
{{Spaceflight crew
| terminology       = Astronaut

| position1         = Commander
| crew1_up          = [[Ken Mattingly]]

| position2         = Pilot
| crew2_up          = [[Henry Hartsfield]]
|notes=This crew would later fly on [[STS-4]].}}
=== Support crew ===
* [[Daniel Brandenstein|Daniel C. Brandenstein]] (ascent CAPCOM)
* [[James Buchli|James F. Buchli]]<ref name="STS-2 transcript">{{Citation |last= |title=Mission transcript |url=http://archive.org/details/STS-2 |access-date=November 13, 2012 |publisher=NASA |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
* [[Terry Hart|Terry J. Hart]]
* [[Frederick Hauck|Frederick H. Hauck]] (entry CAPCOM)
* [[Sally Ride|Sally K. Ride]] (first American woman CAPCOM)

=== Crew seat assignments ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Seat<ref>{{cite web|title=STS-2|url=http://spacefacts.de/mission/english/sts-2.htm|publisher=Spacefacts|access-date=July 29, 2024}}</ref>
! Launch
! Landing
|rowspan=8| [[File:Space Shuttle seating plan.svg|150px]]<br />Seats 1–4 are on the flight deck.<br />Seats 5–7 are on the mid-deck.
|-
! 1
|colspan=2| Engle
|-
! 2
|colspan=2| Truly
|-
! 3
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|-
! 4
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|-
! 5
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|-
! 6
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|-
! 7
|colspan=2 style="background-color:lightgray"| ''Unused''
|}