On the way up - https://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/webcasts/shuttle/sts112/shuttle_qa.html https://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/webcasts/shuttle/st...

On the way up - https://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/webcasts/shuttle/sts112/shuttle_qa.html https://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/webcasts/shuttle/st... - escape velocity is around 17,000 mph - or about Mach 22. You can't dispute that the Shuttle is "Powered" on the way up. It's piloted by computers, ok - but near the end of the way up I'm sure the flight commander has control over his own aircraft. The only reason the Shuttle is not counted is technicalities of space flight vs "flight" vs aircraft vs spacecraft, even though the shuttle operates in both air and space.