cargo bay
Ship's storage area
A cargo bay is a compartment in a ship, aircraft, or spacecraft designed to hold freight and supplies.
The term appears frequently in science fiction, where starships have vast cargo bays for hauling goods across the galaxy: The smugglers hid contraband in the cargo bay.
In real aerospace, the space shuttle's cargo bay carried satellites and equipment into orbit.
- holdMaintain in grasp
- freightGoods being transported
- heavy liftDifficult logistical challenge
- hangarAircraft storage structure
- storageSpace for keeping goods
storage area · compartment · hatch · loading · loading dock · crates · containers · airlock · shuttle · spacecraft · space station · drop ship · supply run · fuselage · bulkhead · ramp · pallets · dock
- space travelspaceship, starship, spacecraft, astronaut, rocket
- spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
- space coloniesmoon base, lunar colony, lunar base, space station, space habitat
- airframefuselage, bulkheads, spars, ribs, stringers
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- Sci-Fi Settingsspace station, spaceship, starship, alien planet, moon base
cargo baypassenger cabin
Enclosed traveler seating area
crew quarters · passenger deck · seating area · cabin · living quarters
cargo baycockpit
Pilot's control compartment
flight deck · bridge · control room · engine room · command center
cargo, bay, cargoes, bays, bayed, baying, car, charge, charger