shuttle bay
Vessel docking area
A shuttle bay is a large enclosed area in a spacecraft or space station where smaller vessels dock, launch, and are stored.
The term comes from science fiction, particularly Star Trek, where shuttle bays house shuttlecraft for planetary landings and ship-to-ship transport.
The away team assembled in the shuttle bay.
- hangarAircraft storage structure
- landing padSurface for vertical aircraft
- dockingConnecting to a port
- spacecraftVehicle for outer space
- blast doorsReinforced barriers against explosions
landing · starship · cargo · launch · departure · Enterprise · deck · pressurized · decompression · red alert · flight deck · tractor beam · boarding · crew · hull · outer space · zero gravity · runway
spacecraft location/function
shuttle baybridge
Structure spanning an obstacle
main deck · command center · crew quarters · engineering · engine room
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