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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.

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

  • NASA's Super Guppy aircraft recently transported the Orion spacecraft heat shield.
  • The heat shield was flown from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to Huntsville, Alabama.
  • It is destined for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center for post-flight analysis, including the removal of its protective outer layer, following its use in the Artemis I test flight.
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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.

Kimberly Johnson

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