"cargo spacecraft" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It refers to a spacecraft designed specifically for transporting cargo or goods into space. Example: The cargo spacecraft successfully delivered supplies and equipment to the International Space Station. In this example, "cargo spacecraft" is used to describe the type of spacecraft being used to transport supplies to the space station. It is a more specific term than simply saying "spacecraft" and conveys the purpose of the spacecraft.
The Jules Verne is the first fully automatic cargo spacecraft of its kind.
It was carrying a Cygnus cargo spacecraft packed with new experiments and essentials such as fruit and vegetables.
Officials have asked the public to suggest names and symbols for the unit and for a cargo spacecraft that will serve it.
Another company, the Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., has built a new cargo spacecraft under NASA contract and is preparing for a test flight next year.
"If there are SpaceX mission delays, other cargo spacecraft will be able to meet the station's needs, and supplies and research investigations are at good levels".
The propulsion problem with the European Jules Verne cargo spacecraft has been corrected, and the robot ship began maneuvers to take it to the International Space Station, the European Space Agency said.
Another potential problem was the catastrophic loss of a dangerous nuclear cargo through a spacecraft failure.
But it does no harm, takes up little of the spacecraft's cargo capacity, may have helped to extract the money from Congress (around £180 million) and makes the stern scientific purposes of the mission seem more human.
Its core module resembled its simpler predecessors in the Salyut series but had additional docking ports (a total of six) that accommodated not only a succession of manned spacecraft and cargo ferries but also permanently attached expansion modules equipped for scientific research.
The firm has a $1.6bn £1bnn) contract with the US space agency (Nasa) to provide 12 spacecraft with cargo capacity of at least 20 tonnes to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) through to 2016.
It has a $1.6bn £1bnn) contract with the US space agency (Nasa) to provide 12 spacecraft with cargo capacity of at least 20 tonnes to resupply the International Space Station (ISS) through to 2016.
