Capt. Joe Engle is known as the only person to fly both the X-15 and Space Shuttle, thus being the only person to enter space ...
There's a reason no one's built a more successful orbital spaceplane than the old Space Shuttle. Even then, the world's first operational spacecraft to launch like a rocket and land like an airplane ...
The carrier aircraft, identified by its tail number NASA 905, landed at Washingon's Dulles International Airport carrying another shuttle, Discovery, on April 17. NASA's most-flown spacecraft, ...