The air traffic controllers were so doubtful that the plane would even get off the ground that they notified police and fire departments to be on alert. But the Super Guppy proved them wrong.

Today, NASA still operates the last Super Guppy for transporting spacecraft components, maintaining it as a vital asset despite the challenges of sourcing obsolete parts. The Aero Spacelines Guppy ...

Despite the number one and two engines not working, the Guppy was able to get off the tarmac and into the air. Though eventually succeeded by the Aero Spacelines Super Guppy, and even other larger ...

In the middle of that decade, Aero Spacelines built the larger Super Guppy, incorporating a 25-foot (7.6-meter) diameter cargo bay and a hinged nose that made it easier to load cargo. The final ...

NASA's Super Guppy is an aircraft ... planes -- looked like a "pregnant guppy," but Conroy was undeterred and later mortgaged his house to create Aero Spacelines International and begin his ...

Three years later, Aero Spacelines followed up with the larger and more powerful Super Guppy, which featured a a 25-foot (7.6-meter) diameter cargo bay, and for the first time a hinged nose for ...

It’s not often that a piece of technology can still leave you in awe 50+ years after its creation, but that exactly the kind of magic Aero Spacelines captured when it built the Super Guppy.

The Orion Spacecraft will be offloaded from the wide cargo plane — NASA's Aero Spacelines Super Guppy — in a protective transportation covering and positioned on a 135-foot truck. The capsule ...

Today, NASA still operates the last Super Guppy for transporting spacecraft components, maintaining it as a vital asset despite the challenges of sourcing obsolete parts. The Aero Spacelines Guppy ...

Dubbed Super Guppy, the aircraft can swallow other planes whole and has played a vital role in missions including Gemini and Skylab. The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy was first created in 1962 as a ...