How to Use uncrewed in a Sentence

uncrewed

adjective
  • The Artemis 1 mission to the Moon is uncrewed—at least in space.
    Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Many more missions, both uncrewed and crewed, are in the works.
    Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2024
  • At the time, the uncrewed Orion spacecraft was more than halfway to the moon.
    Jacquelyne Germain, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2022
  • One of the most famous uncrewed systems of the war has been Kyiv’s Sea Baby drones.
    Justin Ling, WIRED, 2 May 2024
  • The plane, as an uncrewed weapon, had no human pilot on board.
    Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 17 Aug. 2023
  • That may come in the form of uncrewed land vehicles, which could crash through Russian lines and clear the dense minefields in its way.
    Justin Ling, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
  • At the end of last year, the space agency launched its Artemis 1 mission, in which an uncrewed Orion spacecraft traveled to the moon and back.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Nov. 2023
  • The uncrewed test flight was part of Nasa’s Artemis mission, which plans to send the first woman and first person of color to the moon as early as 2025.
    Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Russia has launched uncrewed spacecraft to the Moon’s south pole — its first lunar mission in 47 years.
    Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Artemis 1 is planned as an uncrewed flight around the moon to test the rocket and the Orion crew capsule before flights with astronauts.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 12 Oct. 2022
  • This iteration is designed to be used for uncrewed test flights, at least until the end of 2024.
    Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Artemis 1 was an uncrewed test of the equipment that will be used on the crewed Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 missions, the latter of which will bring astronauts to the lunar surface.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2022
  • In his last voyage, the expedition used an uncrewed submersible to scan 5,200 square miles of ocean floor.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The uncrewed launch is scheduled to occur today during a 20-minute window that opens at 8 a.m. ET.
    NBC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • India and other countries have landed uncrewed craft on the moon in recent years as well.
    Linah Mohammad, NPR, 6 May 2024
  • Russia launched the uncrewed lunar vehicle last Wednesday in an effort to land the first spacecraft on the moon's south pole.
    Justin Klawans, The Week, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Another question is whether this will be an uncrewed or a crewed mission.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Fifteen of the uncrewed drones were intercepted, along with at least 29 cruise missiles of varying types, Ukraine said.
    Yulia Drozd, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Any hostile air force looking to get around the jamming will need to attack the Reaper, which as an uncrewed plane is more expendable than a crewed fighter.
    Kelsey D. Atherton, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
  • Ukraine has dispatched one-way uncrewed boat drones with onboard explosives to attack Russian ships in the Black Sea.
    Alex Horton, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Kamikaze Drone Boats Ukraine’s uncrewed surface vessels.
    David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The latest in a series of postponements was prompted by anomalies on 2022's uncrewed Artemis I mission.
    Harold Maass, The Week Us, theweek, 10 Jan. 2024
  • In August, India became the first country to have an uncrewed spacecraft successfully touch down near the moon’s south pole, where there is water in the form of ice.
    Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The initial phase of the mission, an uncrewed test run called Artemis 1, concluded with the Orion spacecraft’s return to Earth on December 11.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Most recently, on Aug. 11, the uncrewed Luna-25 spacecraft took off from the Vostochny Cosmodrome for the moon, where it was intended to make a historic landing on the icy south pole.
    Leo Sands, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Sean McDonnell reports the uncrewed surface vessel could be the key to understanding more about lakes and oceans.
    Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Scientists also use uncrewed aircraft systems, or drones, in the field.
    Melissa Gaskill, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Moscow released footage allegedly showing the destruction of one of the uncrewed boats.
    Susie Blann, USA TODAY, 26 May 2023
  • Japan plans to launch an uncrewed lunar lander to the moon later this week to test landing precisely on its surface, per the Washington Post.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2023
  • There have been lawsuits, layoffs, mergers, and no shortage of drama, including a handful of fires and at least one (uncrewed) crash.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 9 Jan. 2024

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