Gooppy meaning
The Mriya cargo hold's height and width measure just 4.4 meters and 6.4 meters respectively. The Guppy features a fuselage height of nearly 8 meterswith a similar width of 8 meters as well.
While its capacity was once one of the largest of its time, it is significantly less than the payload of the Antonov-225 Mriya with a capacity of 240,000 Kg. The difference which sets the Guppy apart is its enormous cargo bay. The Guppy has a maximum payload of 24,000 Kg. Having a ridiculous sized plane that resembles a whale is surprisingly useful despite its comical appearance. The following video shows NASA loading two T-38A Talon jets into the cargo bay of the Guppy. The Guppy's extra-wide cargo bay allows it to transport military jet aircraft with wingspans of 7.6-meters. During the mission, Orion will travel thousands of kilometers beyond the moon. The first test flight is scheduled later in 2018. The module will be launched aboard the world's largest rocket ever built: NASA’s Space Launch System. The Super Guppy has since been used to transport the Orion crew module pressure vessel for NASA’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1). When not in use by NASA, the Guppy is even used by other industries to ship other massive components. Though the first Guppy's have since been retired, NASA's improved Super Guppy (377SGT-F) continues to fly parts all around the world. To this day, NASA consistently relies on the Guppy to transport large components bound for the International Space Station or other new outer-worldly projects.
Without the Guppy, NASA would have never been able to send astronauts to the moon by 1969! Still in use after 55 years Since the first flight in 1965, the aircraft has since flown over three million kilometers in support of NASA's Gemini, Apollo and Skylab programs carrying immensely massive yet incredibly delicate components and specialized equipment. The Guppy fleet is made up of multiple aircraft including the Pregnant Guppy 377PG and Super Guppy 377SGT-F. The answer came in 1962 with the plans of the Guppy, a plane which once held one of the largest payload capacities in the world. NASA went to Aero Spacelines to find an aircraft worthy of transporting thousands of kilograms in one trip. The ships add months onto the missions with travel time alone.