Piloted

The boat was piloted safely into harbor.

Valentina Tereshkova piloted Vostok 6 and became the first woman in space.

In 1981, the United States launched the Space Shuttle Columbia, the first reusable manned spacecraft. It was piloted by Robert Crippen and commanded by John Young.

The ship was piloted into port.

The K-MAX chopper is the largest of several remotely piloted firefighting aircraft to get a tryout this year for firefighting duty.

Damiano piloted the ship manually.

Monarch butterflies, instantly recognizable for their gold and black markings, are found in many places around the world. But only those east of the Rocky Mountains in North America make the longest annual insect migration. From their summer habitats in the north, every autumn 300 million butterflies fly south — more than 5,000 kilometers — to a few small forests in Mexico. And that’s the path that this unusual ultra-light aircraft will follow this year — piloted by a crew of documentary filmmakers, including lead pilot Francisco Gutierrez.

Fly to Orion in a ship piloted by a hive of bees and filled with alien goo? Hard Pass.