Now we're going to develop a permanently manned space station and new opportunities for free enterprise, because in the next decade Americans and our friends around the world will be living and working together in space.

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The manned international space station would have funding cutbacks under the proposed budget.

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Right now, NASA is dependent on Russia for manned flights to the International Space Station until a new manned program is completed.

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The polling station was manned by women.

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The failure last week of an unmanned freighter to the ISS has left the Russians questioning the reliability of their usually ultra-reliable Soyuz fleet, and the planned manned flight to the station on 22 September has now been postponed as a consequence.

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The station is currently manned by three Russians, two Americans and a Japanese astronaut.

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Moscow (CNN) -- The Russian space agency on Monday postponed the launch of a new manned mission to the International Space Station due to last week's accident in which an unmanned cargo craft was lost, the state news agency RIA Novosti reported.

CNN: Russia postpones new manned space station mission

In addition, it is probable that the orbiting module will be followed up in the next few years by something that is more recognisably a space station, though this station is unlikely to be manned full-time.

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However, after the successful launch of an unmanned capsule to the station, followed by the successful manned launch, it appears that things are now back on track.

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Mr King's own committee has looked into the activities at Menwith Hill, a monitoring station in Yorkshire, which is jointly manned by the British and Americans.

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This will be a manned mission, and will deliver two cosmonauts and one astronaut to the International Space Station.

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On June 16, China sent three astronauts into space on its first manned docking mission, a significant step towards its plan to build a Chinese space station in 2020.

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