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NASA’s Super Guppy Makes Ferry Flight

Watch the massive turboprop cargo aircraft land as it transports the Orion crew module heat shield to Alabama.

NASA's Super Guppy [Credit: NASA]
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Key Takeaways:

  • NASA's Super Guppy recently transported the Orion spacecraft heat shield from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, to Huntsville, Alabama.
  • The heat shield, which protected the Orion crew module during the Artemis I test flight, is destined for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for post-flight analysis.
  • The Super Guppy is a massive turboprop cargo aircraft, designed in the 1960s to carry oversized loads such as rocket sections.
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NASA’s Super Guppy was in flight this week, ferrying the Orion spacecraft heat shield from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Alabama.

The massive turboprop cargo aircraft was designed in the 1960s to accommodate oversized loads, such as body sections of the Saturn V rocket.

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