manned

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“That cannot be right,” Livingston Holder, a former manned spaceflight engineer with the Air Force and space shuttle payload specialist, recalled thinking when he first heard that fact.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

On Wednesday, nurses with plastic aprons and face masks manned 15 tables in a sports hall at the University of Kent to begin immunisations, in scenes reminiscent of the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

This is the fourth U.S. manned aircraft taken down since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury — with none being hostile fire from Iran.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

Further out, the U.S. is working on its so-called Collaborative Combat Aircraft, a $6 billion program of drones that can accompany manned jets and operate autonomously.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

"CLCDR checking all stations are manned and systems ready," he broadcast.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir