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manned

manned

9 3.8
With people on board to operate it
  • adjective
  • /mænd/
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  • Europe will decide this week on helping NASA build a manned spaceship to travel to deep space.
  • manned mission
  • manned space

That's NASA's next manned space capsule.

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Examples

  • Yet, I'm disappointed that we never sent a manned mission to Mars.

    Blog text (19)
  • Our robotic missions to Mars are doing way more science than a manned mission ever could.

    Blog text (27)
  • Do you think this will end the Manned Space Program?

  • I find it sad that our manned space program has gone back 50 years in time.

    Blog text (7)
  • Manned fighters will remain an essential part Of our defense system.

  • Why not get some manned missions going to Mars?

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Manned lunar missions will follow, with the goal of living and working there for increasingly extended periods.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Three days ago, a manned space mission was sent to intercept an asteroid that has entered the Earth's orbit.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • Efforts at NASA toward a reusable spaceplane began with George Mueller, the associate administrator for manned space flight.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The China National Space Administration successfully launched its first manned voyage to the moon.

Antonyms

unmanned
  • Specialized
39 5.1

Operates without a person on board

How Crewed

manned
9 3.8
unmanned
  • Specialized
39 5.1

Surface Forms

manned positive

Morphology

manned = man (transparent) = man + ed

The adjective is a straightforward participial form of the verb 'man', meaning 'staffed or operated by people'.

Etymology

Manned comes from the simple word man meaning 'person' and the ending -ed that shows 'having'. So a manned spacecraft or mission is one 'with people' on board, unlike an 'unmanned' craft.