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Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.
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Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The Cygnus team overcame that problem, however, and got the freighter on track for a one-day-late rendezvous.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Permanently at rest here are such ships as the Alva Bradley, an 1870s schooner that met its demise in an 1894 gale, and the Three Brothers, an 1888 lumber freighter that can be explored in just 15 feet of water and is accessed via a shallow-water beach entry from South Manitou Island.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The Cygnus team overcame that problem, however, and got the freighter on track for a one-day-late rendezvous.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Permanently at rest here are such ships as the Alva Bradley, an 1870s schooner that met its demise in an 1894 gale, and the Three Brothers, an 1888 lumber freighter that can be explored in just 15 feet of water and is accessed via a shallow-water beach entry from South Manitou Island.
—Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
Daryl was able to get to France on a freighter.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Freighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freighter. Accessed 24 Sep. 2025.
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freighter
noun
freight·er
ˈfrāt-ər 
1
: a person who carries or ships freight
2
: a ship or airplane used chiefly to carry freight
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