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

After 2040, the Chinese lunar base will be used to "validate technology and capabilities for a manned mission to Mars", according to the CNSA.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 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

More than any manned ship had accelerated in the history of space travel.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir