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The companies had ordered hundreds of new freighters when flush with cash from the boom in global trade during the pandemic.
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Peter Eavis, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Ross’ outside-of-the-box ingenuity also fueled a project by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans that found Ross shipping himself in a freighter crate that journeyed from Rhode Island to Alabama.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
The agency had said mission teams would inspect the freighter over the coming days to determine if Cygnus itself was still intact.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But the freighter may not be grounded forever.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Peter Eavis, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2025
Ross’ outside-of-the-box ingenuity also fueled a project by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans that found Ross shipping himself in a freighter crate that journeyed from Rhode Island to Alabama.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
The agency had said mission teams would inspect the freighter over the coming days to determine if Cygnus itself was still intact.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
But the freighter may not be grounded forever.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Freighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freighter. Accessed 30 Apr. 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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