: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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That makes this type of robot something quite new, an uncrewed weapon able to take ground, and potentially to hold that ground.
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David Hambling, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Musk also recently unveiled his vision of Starship crafts taking humans to Mars in four years following his plan for an uncrewed venture to the Red Planet in 2026.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
Enlarge / Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spaceraft backs away from the International Space Station moments after undocking on September 6, 2024.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
Boeing stumbled in its first uncrewed test flight in 2019, successfully getting Starliner to Earth orbit but failing to dock with the station after a faulty mission clock caused the spacecraft to burn its thrusters for too long, exhausting too much fuel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
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David Hambling, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
Musk also recently unveiled his vision of Starship crafts taking humans to Mars in four years following his plan for an uncrewed venture to the Red Planet in 2026.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
Enlarge / Boeing's uncrewed Starliner spaceraft backs away from the International Space Station moments after undocking on September 6, 2024.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
Boeing stumbled in its first uncrewed test flight in 2019, successfully getting Starliner to Earth orbit but failing to dock with the station after a faulty mission clock caused the spacecraft to burn its thrusters for too long, exhausting too much fuel.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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