manned mission

China has since launched a second manned mission and announced plans for a lunar orbiter to be launched sometime this year.

Japan wants to establish an unmanned moon base in a decade, potentially setting the stage for a manned mission later.

The Human Space Flight project is to have two phases: an unmanned flight launched in 2013-2014 and a manned mission the following year.

They also may become humankind's next destination in space, if current plans by NASA for a manned mission to an asteroid come to fruition.

It is now being used to develop an insulated lining in space suits for the first manned mission to Mars, scheduled for 2018.

Others aim to build a base that will be a training ground for manned mission to Mars.

India, too, has drawn up ambitious programs. It plans to send an astronaut into space by 2014 and a manned mission to the Moon by 2020.

China are way ahead in space technology too. They have their manned mission planned!

The Obama administration has directed NASA to send a manned mission to an asteroid by 2025.

Congrats to China. I bet they'll be the first nation to send a manned mission to Mars.

Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fifth mission to land on the Moon.

I think that would have to be a manned mission to Mars.

India plans to achieve this rare feat much before China realises its manned mission to the Moon.

ISRO has plans to send a manned mission to space in four years' time and eventually on to Mars.

Any manned mission to other planets, such as Mars, could endanger astronauts' health if the risks of exposure are not fully known.

Shawyer calculates that a solar-powered Emdrive could take a manned mission to Mars in 41 days. Provided it works, of course.

In 2003, China acted on that clarity, launching its first manned mission, a 14-orbit flight by a lone astronaut.

The country launched a lunar orbiter in 2007 with the possibility of a manned mission to the moon by 2020.

China's first manned mission, Shenzhou 5, occurred in 2003, and was followed by two more manned missions in 2005 and 2008.

S. manned mission to the Moon may have to wait until 2018, 46 years after U. S. astronauts last set foot on it.

The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned mission to land on the Moon.

Apollo program: The Apollo 12 spacecraft splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, ending the second manned mission to the Moon.

Wang says China also wants to send a manned mission to the moon in the near future.

By 2025 the goal is to send a manned mission there.

A manned mission to the moon was never included in the plan and has only recently become a topic of discussion in China.

Turns out the soviets cancelleda manned mission to the moon. The moon, in 1972.

The last manned mission to the moon was Apollo 17, in 1972.

Apollo 13 lifted off on April 11, 1970, onwhat was supposed to be NASA's third manned mission to the moon.

It launched its first manned mission in 2003 -- becoming the third country to do so -- and hasn't sent a person up since 2008.

Apollo 12 was launched on the second manned mission to the moon.