The phrase "manned spacecraft" refers to a type of spacecraft that is designed to carry human astronauts or cosmonauts. It is a vehicle that can be operated and controlled by people, allowing them to travel and explore outer space. Full definition
Nothing excites the American public like a competition for control of that body, and China has just launched Shenzhou - 5, its first manned spacecraft. (discovermagazine.com)
Kennedy made the Rice speech during a tour that also stopped at Houston's Manned Spacecraft Center (now known as Johnson Space Center), the Launch Operations Center in Florida and Alabama's Marshall Space Flight Center — NASA sites that would be key to making Apollo a success. (space.com)
It was the first time NASA put men on a vehicle's initial voyage, and the earliest manned spacecraft launched by solid rocket boosters. (fortune.com)