cargo bays
Freight compartment areas
Cargo bays are large compartments in spacecraft, aircraft, or ships designed to hold freight and equipment.
The term is most associated with the space shuttle's payload bay, where satellites were stored for deployment: The cargo bay doors opened to release the satellite.
In science fiction, cargo bays are standard features of starships.
The singular cargo bay refers to one such compartment.
- holdMaintain in grasp
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
- freightGoods being transported
- air freightGoods shipped by aircraft
shipment · shipping container · hangar · loading · loading dock · unloading · roll-on roll-off · containers · pallets · crates · fuselage · aircraft · spacecraft · space shuttle · hatch · doors · bulkhead · ramp
- warehousingwarehouse, warehouses, fulfillment centers, fulfillment center, distribution centers
- space coloniesmoon base, lunar colony, lunar base, space station, space habitat
- spacecraftspacecraft, starships, spaceship, Voyager 1, rocket ships
- freightair freight, freight rates, bulk freight, freight charges, freight lines
cargo bayscrew quarters
Onboard personnel accommodations
living quarters · staterooms · berths · cockpit · flight deck
cargo baysbridge
Structure spanning an obstacle
cockpit · flight deck · control room · engine room · propulsion systems
cargo, bay, cargoes, bays, car, charge, charger, charging, charged