NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft delivered the Orion Stage Adapter (OSA) test article to Marshall Space Flight Center. Teams at Marshall built the OSA to help prepare the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for space flight during Artemis missions. 🚀
The Super Guppy is capable of transporting cargo up to 48,000 pounds, 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide, and 111 feet long. Its nose can open 110 degrees to allow NASA teams to load and unload large hardware pieces from the front end of the aircraft.
The OSA test article is structurally identical to the flight version of the Orion Stage Adapter, which connects the interim cryogenic propulsion stage of SLS to the Orion spacecraft. Learn more at NASA.gov/Artemis
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