payload

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Those can be overcome with Starship, a mega-rocket that SpaceX said can carry more than four times as much payload to low-Earth orbit as the Falcon 9.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

New Glenn is Blue Origin’s reusable rocket that can take 45 metric tons of payload into low Earth orbit.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Li Jiaying, a 43-year-old police officer and mother of three, serves as the payload scientist in the three-member crew who made their way to China's Tiangong space station on Sunday night.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

One payload, the Stereo Cameras for Lunar Plume-Surface Studies, will capture high-resolution images of how the lander's engine plume interacts with the lunar surface during descent and landing.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

We never knew the elementary school was helping us until their custodian drove up to the loading bay with the payload of his truck overflowing with chain.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman