Test pilots and X-1E aircraft. US test pilots on 2 October 1962 in front of the X-1E supersonic aircraft at NACA's High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base,California (later NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center). From left they are: Neil Armstrong,Joe Walker,Bill Dana,Bruce Peterson,Jack McKay,Milt Thompson,and Stan Butchart. Armstrong,Walker,Dana,McKay and Thompson all flew the X-15. Peterson and Butchart flew the drop planes. Neil Alden Armstrong (1930-2012) was the first person to walk on the Moon (1969). He was a test pilot here from 1955 to 1962,before joining NASA's Astronaut Corps |