manned

Example Sentences

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It’s the farthest from Earth a manned space mission has ever traveled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Members of the Cambridge University Space Flight Society said the "incredible" expedition was the first of its kind they had seen in their lifetimes, with the last manned moon mission being 1972.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

“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

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

But they never used large RTGs on manned missions until the Ares Program.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir