Manned in a sentence

Although Grumman wanted a second unmanned test, George Low decided the next LM flight would be manned. citation Manned development missions Apollo manned development mission patches.

However, though optionally manned fighters offer a means to avoid putting pilots at risk on dangerous missions, they still come with the cost and performance disadvantages of manned aircraft.

Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit another celestial body, while the final Apollo 17 mission marked the sixth Moon landing and the ninth manned mission beyond low Earth orbit.

China, Russia, Japan, and India have advocated manned missions to the Moon during the 21st century, while the European Union has advocated manned missions to both the Moon and Mars during the 20/21st century.

During an international space symposium in May 1966, attended by space scientists from the United States and Soviet Union, he first proposed that manned landings on the Martian moons would be a logical step after a manned landing on the Earth's moon.

History main seeAlso Flying model craft and stories of manned flight go back many centuries, however the first manned ascent – and safe descent – in modern times took place by larger hot-air balloons developed in the 18th century.

Instead, they were used as remote-controlled robots for exploration of the lunar surface and return its pictures after the successful Apollo manned lunar landings and cancellation of Soviet manned moon program.

It had shifted to fully manned units from its prior reliance on the mobilisation of reserve soldiers to flesh out a larger number of units manned at a lower level.

It was manned by a full-time lightkeeper until 1930, making it one of the last lighthouses to be manned on the Lake.

Paraglider at South side, view from Gotemba Huts at and above the fifth stations are usually manned during the climbing season, but huts below fifth stations are not usually manned for climbers.

Aimy Fraser, Matthew Gallon and Katie Hogart manned the Dornoch Academy raffle stall.

China on Tuesday launched the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station for a five-month mission.

Crunching over bullet casings, they navigated a gantlet of check posts manned by jittery fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, some wearing bandages or limping.

Fire danced in her periphery as she passed a stall manned by a few of her fellow disciples of Patience.

For now, the test - which will not be manned - will be delayed.

From Songwe border to Lilongwe there are at least 14 established roadblocks on the M1 manned by police and immigration officers.

Gordon said PRC medical tents are manned by PRC volunteer doctors and nurses, and are fully equipped with medical equipment, devices, and supplies.

He had been clocked by manned camera equipment, the magistrates were told.

He helped attend to business class passengers during the first leg of the journey, and manned the economy class on the way back.

In a statement, the PCG said it saw a Chinese coast guard vessel and dozens of what it suspected were boats manned by Chinese militia around the Second Thomas and Sabina Shoals, both of which are inside the Philippines' 200-mile exclusive economic zone.