: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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Airbus Helicopters has revealed a new autonomous aircraft based on its popular H145 platform, pushing the company deeper into the growing market for large uncrewed rotorcraft.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
As noted by Cooke, the STS-51 space shuttle Discovery mission was delayed in 1993 to avoid the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, and an uncrewed science mission out of Vandenberg Space Force Base was delayed in 2000 to sidestep a Leonid meteor shower outburst.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 June 2026
Under its Artemis campaign, NASA plans to use a series of both uncrewed and human moon landings to construct a $20 billion moon base near the lunar south pole, where astronauts can live and work indefinitely.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Targeting a launch this fall is supposed to be the debut launch of Blue Origin’s uncrewed Blue Moon MK1 lander to the moon’s South Pole.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
As noted by Cooke, the STS-51 space shuttle Discovery mission was delayed in 1993 to avoid the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, and an uncrewed science mission out of Vandenberg Space Force Base was delayed in 2000 to sidestep a Leonid meteor shower outburst.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 7 June 2026
Under its Artemis campaign, NASA plans to use a series of both uncrewed and human moon landings to construct a $20 billion moon base near the lunar south pole, where astronauts can live and work indefinitely.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 June 2026
Targeting a launch this fall is supposed to be the debut launch of Blue Origin’s uncrewed Blue Moon MK1 lander to the moon’s South Pole.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 May 2026
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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uncrewed
adjective
un·crewed
ˌən-ˈkrüd 
: having no crew
an uncrewed spacecraft
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