manned spacecraft

collocation in English

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man
noun
uk
/mæn/us
/mæn/
an adult male ...
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spacecraft
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspeɪs.krɑːft/us
/ˈspeɪs.kræft/
a vehicle used for travel ...
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(Definition ofmanandspacecraftfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There are also ferry vehicles designed to transfer crew members to and from the base to the orbitingmannedspacecraft.
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It also set amannedspacecraftaltitude record of 336 km.
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Early short-duration missions had their electrical power supplied by batteries; later endurance missions used the first fuel cells inmannedspacecraft.
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Then he moved to design space orbital observatories, both on board automatic probes andmannedspacecraft.
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A requirement for a throttleable engine was new formannedspacecraft.
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There he worked on the development of television and communications satellites, and on the development ofmannedspacecraft.
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Although robotic spacecraft use thermal radiation almost exclusively, manymannedspacecrafthave short missions that permit open-cycle evaporative cooling.
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It was intended that the spacecraft would provide a radio beacon for precision landings ofmannedspacecraft.
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This limited contact period sufficed for unmanned spacecraft, butmannedspacecraftrequire a much higher data collection time.
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Lifting bodies were a major area of research in the 1960s and 70s as a means to build a small and lightweightmannedspacecraft.
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Salyut 6 was visited from 1977 until 1981 by 16mannedspacecraft, bringing five long-duration crews (expeditions) and 11 short-term crews.
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The system can range in complexity from amannedspacecraftto an autonomous machine tool.
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The water expended is often available in surplus from the fuel cells used by manymannedspacecraftto produce electricity.
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There has been a resurgence of interest in near space to launchmannedspacecraftby man.
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This family of rockets launched the first artificial satellite (sputnik) and the firstmannedspacecraftin human history.
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Expendable rockets provided the means for launching artificial satellites, as well asmannedspacecraft.
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The site was chosen as it was on the orbital track of amannedspacecraftduring its reentry phase.
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They are also known to have flourished inmannedspacecraft.
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These definitions were analogously applied to spacecraft when the firstmannedspacecraftwere designed in the late 1950s.
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