GUPPY GEAR CHANGE – NASA’s B-377SGT Super Guppy Turbine cargo aircraft, operated by NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, recently underwent a landing gear change at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base. After jacking the immense cargo lifter up inside Hangar 1623, a team of JSC technicians removed its existing landing gear struts, wheels and tires and replaced them with a spare set, and then cycled the gear up and down to ensure proper operation. The unique aircraft, one of only four built and the last one still flying, transports oversized assemblies such as International Space Station modules, over long distances for NASA. Earlier Guppy-type aircraft have served NASA in this role since the Apollo days, when several of the type carried Saturn V moon rocket segments from manufacturers around the country to the NASA Kennedy Space Center for assembly prior to launch.
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