: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
Artemis 2 follows the November 2022 launch of an uncrewed Orion on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Artemis 1.
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This flight will be the first of three uncrewed missions before India launches a crew of vyomanauts, or sky travelers, as early as 2027.
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While Orion and the SLS rocket were put through their paces during the Artemis I mission, which lapped the moon during an uncrewed test flight in 2022, NASA has never tested the spacecraft’s systems, including life support infrastructure, in space.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
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Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Jan. 2026
Artemis 2 follows the November 2022 launch of an uncrewed Orion on NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket on Artemis 1.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 2 Jan. 2026
This flight will be the first of three uncrewed missions before India launches a crew of vyomanauts, or sky travelers, as early as 2027.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 2 Jan. 2026
While Orion and the SLS rocket were put through their paces during the Artemis I mission, which lapped the moon during an uncrewed test flight in 2022, NASA has never tested the spacecraft’s systems, including life support infrastructure, in space.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 31 Dec. 2025
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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uncrewed
adjective
un·crewed
ˌən-ˈkrüd 
: having no crew
an uncrewed spacecraft
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