The American-operated ship carried thousands of tons of agricultural materials for the World Food Program and other aid organizations.

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Boeing and Lockheed Martin have carried tons of satellites into space on their rockets.

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Forty-two tons of soil were carried up three flights of stairs to create Bartlett's 2, 500-square-foot "country in the city, " planted with a lawn, an evergreen maze, a grape arbor, an apple orchard and a rose garden.

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Since 2008, every 18 months, ATVs have carried more than six tons of cargo up into orbit.

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