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On 22 May 2012, Bill Gerstenmaier confirmed that NASA was no longer purchasing any cargo resupply services from Russia and would rely solely on the American CRS vehicles, the SpaceX Dragon and Orbital Sciences' Cygnus; with the exception of a few vehicle-specific payloads delivered on the European ATV and the Japanese HTV. [9]
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The conversion process included a 118 ft midbody hull extension, the installation of two cargo cranes, installation of fore and aft garages, strengthening and increasing the length of the stern ramp, a stern helicopter deck, conversion of the electrical system from 50 Hz to 60 Hz, the replacement of the ship's generator and electrical switching ...
The cargo control room, CCR, or cargo office of a tankship is where the person in charge (PIC) can monitor and control the loading and unloading of the ship's liquid cargo. Prevalent on automated vessels, the CCR may be in its own room, or located on the ship's bridge .
Integrated cargo carrier structure ICC frame Astronauts and technicians give a sense of scale to the ICC. Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC) was a project, started in 1997 by the companies Spacehab and Airbus DS Space Systems (formerly Astrium North America), [1] to develop a family of flight proven and certified cross-the-bay cargo carriers designed to fly inside the Space Shuttle cargo bay ...
The Commercial Crew Program (CCP) provides commercially operated crew transportation service to and from the International Space Station (ISS) under contract to NASA, conducting crew rotations between the expeditions of the International Space Station program.
Established in 2012, it operates chartered cargo flights using a fleet of Boeing 747-400F freighters. In 2020, Aerotranscargo added two more 747-400F aircraft, expanding its fleet to six. [2] [3] In 2021, a seventh 747-400F was purchased from Thai Airways.
A 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m 2) cargo facility is at Gulfport–Biloxi International Airport. It includes 20,000 square feet (1,900 m 2) of chiller space; 20,000 square feet (1,900 m 2) of cargo sorting and distribution space; and 6,000 square feet (560 m 2) of office space. Airside access from the runway system has been designed with safety ...