: not carrying or performed by people : having no crew
an uncrewed flight
uncrewed spacecraft
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The Starliner program, meanwhile, has faced numerous setbacks — from a software glitch that prevented the capsule from rendezvousing with the ISS during its first uncrewed test flight in 2019, to the discovery of flammable tape in the cabin after its second test in 2022, to the current troubles.
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2024
Wilmore and Williams prepared Starliner for its weekend departure, including reconfiguring the spacecraft's seats for an uncrewed landing and packing cargo inside for ground crews to retrieve, according to a blog post from NASA.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2024
Boeing has already had to repeat one test mission, an uncrewed test flight that took off in 2019.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner spacecraft descends toward landing at White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, on an uncrewed test flight in May 2022.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
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Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2024
Wilmore and Williams prepared Starliner for its weekend departure, including reconfiguring the spacecraft's seats for an uncrewed landing and packing cargo inside for ground crews to retrieve, according to a blog post from NASA.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2024
Boeing has already had to repeat one test mission, an uncrewed test flight that took off in 2019.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 6 Sep. 2024
Enlarge / Boeing's Starliner spacecraft descends toward landing at White Sands Space Harbor, New Mexico, on an uncrewed test flight in May 2022.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Uncrewed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncrewed. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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