But manned spaceflight is the only measure of a space program.

"I think the country wants to have a manned spaceflight program, and a substantial one."

When manned spaceflight slowed, they thought something had gone wrong.

It was the first manned spaceflight to leave Earth orbit in 1968.

They are also shuffling the management of the manned spaceflight program.

It had originally hoped to provide manned spaceflight by 2003.

Before 2004 no privately operated manned spaceflight had ever occurred.

In the very beginning, the Pentagon was excited by the prospect of manned spaceflight.

Although the Obama administration fails to show any leadership in manned spaceflight, they at least need to follow the law.

However, it is probably manned spaceflight that has predominantly caught the imagination of the public.

The satellite has multiple roles and will especially serve for China's manned spaceflight.

After several years a new manned spaceflight was conducted from LC31.

The future of manned spaceflight in the US is not clearly defined.

Solar System exploration and manned spaceflights are major space technologies in the public eye.

He flew on the second manned spaceflight of the Shenzhou program.

It would be a rejection of that stunning American achievement, the political leaders tell themselves, to back off from manned spaceflight.

Manned spaceflight operations made frequent use of this method.

The first Chinese manned spaceflight, in 2003, marked the beginning of a space race in the region.

The first 20 Soviet cosmonauts were selected in preparation for manned spaceflight.

The spacecraft was part of the Vostok programme in which six manned spaceflights were made from 1961 to 1963.

Manned spaceflight and exploration must also remain a national goal, because it is vital to our own evolution.

However, this treaty has not been ratified by any nation that currently practices manned spaceflight.

China's space program: from conception to manned spaceflight.

These tests are typically carried out unmanned prior to any manned spaceflight testing.

The sophistication of these devices has fueled greater debate on the need for manned spaceflight and exploration.