Space Launch System (SLS) Test Hardware Loaded into NASA's Super Guppy Aircraft. NASA engineers load a structural test version of the Orion Stage Adapter for NASA's SLS onto NASA's Super Guppy Aircraft at the Redstone Arsenal Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, for delivery to Lockheed Martin in Denver. The Guppy has a cargo compartment that is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long and can carry up to 24 tons. The aircraft has a unique hinged nose that can open 110 degrees, allowing large pieces of cargo to be loaded and unloaded from the front. Credit: NASA/EGiven

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Location: USA, Alabama, Huntsville, Redstone Arsenal Airfield
Photo credit: © NASA / digitaleye / Alamy / Afripics
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