: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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Boeing completed a successful test of an uncrewed Starliner mission to the space station in 2022.
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Mackenzie McCarty, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
The first uncrewed test in orbit around Earth experienced some software issues, preventing the capsule from reaching the ISS at all.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 22 May 2024
Sunday’s launch was Blue Origin’s first tourism flight since an uncrewed rocket’s engine failed during a flight a year and a half ago, per the Washington Post.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
The Navy deepened its fast-growing investment in sea drones Friday, creating a squadron of small, experimental uncrewed surface vessels, or USVs, that could be used for maritime security and possibly the firing of weapons.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
During the uncrewed Orbital Test Flight 2 conducted by Boeing on May 25, 2022, the landing took place at White Sands Space Harbor, part of the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on approach to the International Space Station during an uncrewed test in 2022.
—Discover Magazine, 3 May 2024
Grounded by rust, and the second test The second uncrewed test, OFT-2, was initially scheduled for August 2021 but was postponed multiple times due to valve issues in the spacecraft’s propulsion system.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Starliner completed its uncrewed test flights back in 2021 and 2022, albeit with some hiccups.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 22 May 2024
Mackenzie McCarty, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 May 2024
The first uncrewed test in orbit around Earth experienced some software issues, preventing the capsule from reaching the ISS at all.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 22 May 2024
Sunday’s launch was Blue Origin’s first tourism flight since an uncrewed rocket’s engine failed during a flight a year and a half ago, per the Washington Post.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 May 2024
The Navy deepened its fast-growing investment in sea drones Friday, creating a squadron of small, experimental uncrewed surface vessels, or USVs, that could be used for maritime security and possibly the firing of weapons.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
During the uncrewed Orbital Test Flight 2 conducted by Boeing on May 25, 2022, the landing took place at White Sands Space Harbor, part of the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on approach to the International Space Station during an uncrewed test in 2022.
—Discover Magazine, 3 May 2024
Grounded by rust, and the second test The second uncrewed test, OFT-2, was initially scheduled for August 2021 but was postponed multiple times due to valve issues in the spacecraft’s propulsion system.
—Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 2 May 2024
Starliner completed its uncrewed test flights back in 2021 and 2022, albeit with some hiccups.
—Briley Lewis, Popular Science, 22 May 2024
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 7 Jun. 2024.
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