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Crewed spaceflight (also referred to as human spaceflight or manned spaceflight) is space travel with a crew aboard the spacecraft. When a spacecraft is crewed, it can be operated directly, as opposed to being remotely operated or autonomous.

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What crewed space flight landed farthest off-target?

I would like to make my own compilation that includes several missions not mentioned in any other answer so far. (The record is actually 483 km of Soyuz TMA-1, not the 475 km of Soyuz TMA-11.) Gemini …
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How were the Space Shuttle missions named?

For example, why was the 19th Shuttle mission named STS-51F instead of something more obvious like STS-19? Side note: One reason I'm asking is because in the DVD commentary of Apollo 13, Tom Hanks or …
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Russian manned Moon landing capability today

To be technical, your title and inline questions are different. Do Russians have means of launching a manned mission to the Moon? Do they have an engine with sufficient thrust and stability needed (R …
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Why does the Soyuz spacecraft's parachute have so many lines?

Image shows a myriad of lines holding down the parachute. I can't even count them all. Is this really necessary? All those strings must surely add a lot of weight to the Soyuz TMA. I would think th …
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