payload

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Among the company’s plans is to drive down vehicle-launch costs through the use of its Starship, a massive reusable rocket that SpaceX expects to be capable of carrying a more than 100-metric-ton payload to orbit.

From MarketWatch • May 26, 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

The upper stage is to deploy a payload of 20 mock satellites and two "specially modified Starlink satellites" outfitted with cameras, which will analyze the spacecraft's heat shield.

From Barron's • May 21, 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

The throwing arm was already primed with a full payload of Imperial gold and explosives.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan