Sentence examples for cargo contract from inspiring English sources

Late in 2008, NASA awarded SpaceX the cargo contract.

The failure, he said, wouldn't affect the company's submission for Nasa's upcoming commercial cargo contract.

If SpaceX does not reach all of the goals on this flight, it may have to fly another demonstration flight before beginning the cargo contract.

If it all goes off without a hitch, then SpaceX will be in a position to begin a 12-flight commercial cargo contract to the ISS worth $1.6 billion, probably before the end of the year.National pride is also involved.

Only then will SpaceX be in a position to begin a 12-flight commercial cargo contract to the ISS worth $1.6 billion.Opponents of the idea of outsourcing spaceflight to the private sector will be watching closely, too.

With NASA's continuing payments on the cargo contract, Orbital has been recording rising profits.

Besides, the companies that had held the previous cargo contracts — SpaceX and Dulles-based Orbital ATK — were up and flying.

Each ship takes full loads and does not mix cargoes from different cargo contracts, which is a standard practice in the coal/iron ore trade.

Laake and Zhang (2013) have developed a model to determine the best mix of long-term and spot cargo contracts for a given fleet.

The model finds the optimal fleet size and a mix for a set of cargo contracts or a mix of both.

Beyond SpaceX's cargo contracts is their involvement as one of two companies selected (Boeing being the second) for NASA's commercial crew program.