payload
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burden, cargo, draft, freight, haul, lading, load, loading, weight
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At the same time, more spacecraft are going up (111 successful launches in 2018, compared with 66 a decade earlier, and with many launches carrying multiple payloads). — The Economist, "No one has yet been killed by re-entering space junk," 10 Aug. 2019 And some private companies could carry payloads for scientific research. — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, "Why Everyone Wants to Go Back to the Moon," 12 July 2019 Stuffed with payload and no human driver, a T-Pod can operate around the clock and cut shipping costs in half. — Matthew Boyle, latimes.com, "Self-driving delivery is coming to Walmart — but not directly to customers," 19 June 2019 Image: Travis Deyoe, Mount Lemmon SkyCenter, University of Arizona World View Enterprises — the company aiming to hoist payloads and people to high altitudes with giant balloons — has kept one of its vehicles afloat for the longest time yet. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "World View keeps one of its high-altitude balloons afloat for a full 16 days," 5 June 2019 The company touts the access and speed for returning science payloads to the ISS as one of the benefits offered by the company’s vehicle opposed to what SpaceX can offer with Dragon. — Richard Tribou, orlandosentinel.com, "Dream Chaser spacecraft to launch to ISS on ULA’s Vulcan rockets," 14 Aug. 2019 SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket’s maiden flight carried a cherry-red electric Tesla Roadster, with a mannequin passenger, and set it in orbit around the Sun, a demonstration to potential clients of its payload transport capabilities. — Echo Huang, Quartz, "Watch: This Chinese rocket’s payload included a model SUV made by its sponsor," 30 July 2019 The SpaceX Dragon rocket carrying the experiment and other payload is scheduled to lift off from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 7:35 p.m. Sunday,. — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, "Tires in space? Goodyear to test rubber in zero G. Here's why," 20 July 2019 Nuclear war was the bogeyman of the era, and the second and third Sputnik launches proved that the USSR could put payloads equal to one (or more) warheads in space. — Jamie Turner, cleveland.com, "11 things you might not know about Apollo 11 and the Space Race: Apollo 11 at 50," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'payload.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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