[DOC] [TLE] The Space Shuttle's First Flight: STS-1 - NASA History Homepage [PAR] The first mission of the space transport system (STS-1) or Space Shuttle, flew on 
... as well as the crew of the shuttle, John Young, Robert Crippen, Joe Engle, and 
... for a vehicle to escape earth's gravitational pull was only 1.41 times the velocity 
.... rocket scientists launched three successful interplanetary craft into space. [DOC] [TLE] STS-2 - Wikipedia [PAR] STS-1  STS-3 . STS-2 was the second Space Shuttle mission conducted by 
NASA, and the second flight of the ... Commander, Joe H. Engle ... As a 
consequence, both Engle and Truly were rookies during STS-2 (Engle had ... the 
only shuttle pilot to have done so  so as to test the limits of the shuttle's stability 
and controls. [DOC] [TLE] STS-1 - Wikipedia [PAR] STS-1 (Space Transportation System-1) was the first orbital spaceflight of NASA's 
Space Shuttle program. The first orbiter, Columbia, launched on 12 April 1981 
and returned on 14 April, 54.5 hours later, having orbited the Earth 37 times. ... It 
was the first American manned space flight since the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in
... [DOC] [TLE] Enterprise: The Test Shuttle - Space.com [PAR] Oct 9, 2012 ... The Space Shuttle prototype Enterprise flies free of NASA's 747 ... Between 1963 
and 1975, the Air Force and NASA did research into methods of flying winged ... 
NASA tested the shuttle several times on the ground before setting it ... approach 
and landing crew, who were Joe Engle and Richard Truly. [DOC] [TLE] History Of Space Shuttles: Remembering the fleet of U.S. space ... [PAR] X-15 was a 50-ft. rocket aircraft launched 199 times from under the wing of a 
converted B-52. ... Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly piloted flights two and 
four. ... a structure-test orbiter into a ready-to-fly orbiter, so the plan to fly 
Enterprise was ... The seven U.S. astronauts aboard Challenger shuttle flight STS
-51L, later... [DOC] [TLE] Space Shuttle Columbia: A New Beginning and Vision ... [PAR] Feb 1, 2011 ... The Early Years of Space Shuttle Columbia: 1981-1994: .... ice buildup on the top 
of the ET following pad testing by orbiter Enterprise a few years earlier. .... Joe 
Engle and Pilot Richard Truly) flew aboard the Space Shuttle. ... In all, 95 percent 
of STS-2's mission objectives were accomplished and deemed... [DOC] [TLE] Meet Joe Engle, A Pilot Who Flew A Rocket Plane Into Space ... [PAR] Nov 12, 2014 ... On June 29, 1965, U.S. Air Force pilot Joe Engle qualified as an astronaut, ... 
Because it was designed to fly where the atmosphere is too thin for traditional ... 
with the space shuttle Enterprise, he served as the commander of STS-2. ... On 
that mission, he manually flew the shuttle from Mach 25 to landing. [DOC] [TLE] NASA History - Timeline | Facebook [PAR] (202) 358-0384 ... Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for the Gemini-Titan 4 (GT ... 
Before going into space, the Mercury 7 astronauts first had to learn how to survive 
in ..... watched as Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on her final mission, STS-135. 
... While NASA's flight test work on solar powered craft ended with the break up... [DOC] [TLE] Joe Engle with X-15A-2 | Space Flight | Pinterest | Photos [PAR] 15A 2, Joe Engle, Space Wanna, Scrapbook, Pilot, Interests, Aircraft, Aviation, 
Lost ... He was the back-up Lunar Module Pilot for the Apollo 14 mission, and 
was to fly ... Hebes Chasma, esa.int: This martian abyss, more than 4 times as 
wide and ..... NASAs space shuttle Enterprise, seen here during a test flight in 
1977, was... [DOC] [TLE] NASA  5 Myths About Becoming an Astronaut [PAR] Nov 4, 2015 ... The term astronaut derives from the Greek word meaning space sailor, and 
refers to. ... FACT: You don't need to be a pilot to be an astronaut. ... Applicants 
must meet the following minimum requirements before ....

Question: Before testing the Enterprise & flying on the STS-2 shuttle mission, Joe Engle piloted this craft into space 3 times
Answer: the X-15