Enterprise spacecraft is a vessel with holes in it (8)
I believe the answer is:
colander
'a vessel with holes in it' is the definition.
(a colander has lots of holes)
'enterprise spacecraft' is the wordplay.
'enterprise' becomes 'co' (company).
'spacecraft' becomes 'lander' (eg a moon lander).
'co'+'lander'='COLANDER'
'is' is the link.
(Other definitions for colander that I've seen before include "Old crane (anag.)" , "Kitchen sieve" , "Utensil for draining vegetables" , "It is used to strain water from food" , "This drains" .)