Pronunciation of the English word manned.
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1. | In 1981, the United States launched the Space Shuttle Columbia, the first reusable manned spacecraft. It was piloted by Robert Crippen and commanded by John Young. | |
2. | During a Congressional address on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy proposed that the United States accelerate its space program and set as a national goal a manned lunar landing and safe return by the end of the decade. | |
3. | In July of 1969, Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11, America's first attempt to land a manned vehicle on the Moon. | |
4. | A manned expedition to Mars within the next year? That's completely implausible. | |
5. | Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968. | |
6. | With the emergence of manned space flight in the 1960s, Earth-orbiting cosmonauts and astronauts acted much like tourists by taking photos from the windows of their spacecraft. | |
7. | Last month, Japanese firm SkyDrive showed its eight-propeller, manned compact vehicle flying around a test field. | |
8. | Between 1969 and 1972, the U.S. brought back a total of 382 kilograms of lunar soil through seven Apollo manned spacecraft missions, six of which succeeded. |