payload
mission load on a space vehicle
Orbiter Boom Sensor System
inspection boom used as an extension of Canadarm and Canadarm2
Wake Shield Facility
science platform carried on three Space Shuttle missions
Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment
optical astrophysics payload for the California Institute of Technology
SOLAR
former ESA solar observatory on the Columbus Laboratory
European Technology Exposure Facility
former payload mounted on the exterior of the European Columbus laboratory
SPHERES
free-flying robotic system on the International Space Station
secondary payload
smaller-sized payload transported to orbit on a launch vehicle that is mostly paid for the entity that contracts and pays for the primary launch
Cloud Aerosol Transport System
LIDAR remote sensing instrument
Long Lived In-situ Solar System Explorer
NASA payload on the Russian Venera-D mission to Venus
Spacehab
family of research and storage modules flown on the Space Shuttle
Research Double Module
Spacehab-built laboratory flown on Space Shuttle Columbia
Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor
X-ray/γ-ray detectors on the International Space Station to observe the upper atmosphere in order to study sprites, jets and elves and terrestrial gamma-ray flashes in connection with thunderstorms
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution
NASA spectrograph flown on the Intelsat 40e communications satellite
International Standard Payload Rack
standard rack used on the International Space Station
Integrated Cargo Carrier
cargo module used by Space Shuttles
High Definition Earth Viewing cameras
former video camera platform on the International Space Station