Airbus later built their own cargo plane for outsize loads, the A300-600 ST Super Transporter, generally called Beluga, a design that's very similar to the Guppy.

Summary: The Aero Spacelines Guppy, an oddly-shaped cargo plane, played a crucial role in the Space Race by transporting rocket parts across the United States, significantly reducing shipment ...

Watch NASA’s bizarre and bulbous Super Guppy cargo plane touch down in Alabama Although currently the last of its kind, the line of chonky boys has long played a vital role in spacecraft logistics.

Having a cargo area that's 25 feet in diameter and 111 feet long, the Super Guppy can carry items virtually impossible to fit inside other cargo aircraft.

Episode 3 tells the historical, and unlikely story of The Super Guppy, the original super cargo transport aircraft that played a pivotal role in NASA’s Apollo program during the space race ...

Aviation enthusiasts will be delighted to learn that NASA's extraordinary Super Guppy aircraft recently took to the skies again.

The Super Guppy is capable of hauling loads of more than 26 tons and boasts a cargo compartment 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide, and 111 feet long, according to NASA.

Inside NASA’s Super Guppy The massive cargo aircraft was designed in the 1960s specifically to handle oversized loads, like the body sections of the Saturn V rocket.

Summary: The Aero Spacelines Guppy, an oddly-shaped cargo plane, played a crucial role in the Space Race by transporting rocket parts across the United States, significantly reducing shipment ...

The plane on display in Oshkosh, known as a Super Guppy Turbine, was built in 1982. It's unique hinged nose opens 110 degrees, so cargo can be loaded through the front of the aircraft.