Meet NASA’s rocket transporter “Super Guppy”

Peter Sanftmann
By Peter Sanftmann
February 8, 2017Entertainment
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Meet NASA’s rocket transporter “Super Guppy”

The “Super Guppy” is among the world’s biggest airborne cargo transporters. It is NASA’s choice to safely transport rockets, and also contains enough space to supply a whole settlement.

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The “Super Guppy” is a modified version of the 1950’s Boeing 377 passenger plane “Stratocruiser”. The cargo bay is 25 feet wide and more than 100 feet long – big enough to swallow two entire military jet planes. The load it can carry surpasses 50,000 pounds, with a top speed of nearly 300 miles per hour!

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The “Super Guppy” has only been produced a mere 5 times making these planes a rare encounter.

 

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