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payload specialist
noun
- an astronaut trained to handle highly complex or classified equipment carried aboard a space shuttle and to conduct experiments in space.
- a specialist in transporting cargo.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of payload specialist1
First recorded in 1970–75
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