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Since the space shuttle's retirement in 2011, NASA has been finding new homes for its three crew compartment trainers. The trainers or CCT's were built to prepare astronauts for space flight, and now one of them is heading to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. But how do you get a space shuttle trainer, nearly 25 feet high and 20 feet long, from Houston, Texas to Dayton, Ohio? By truck? By Train? Nope, by Super Guppy. Only five Super Guppy's were built and NASA's is the only one still operational. Its hinged nose can open than 200 degrees and the cargo compartment is 25 feet tall, 25 feet wide and 111 feet long. The perfect size to transport a crew compartment trainer from Houston to the National Museum of the United States Air Force.
| Date Taken: | 08.21.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 01.21.2015 11:16 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 387523 |
| VIRIN: | 120821-F-CA439-204 |
| Filename: | DOD_102187912 |
| Length: | 00:07:39 |
| Location: | HOUSTON, TX, US |
| Downloads: | 68 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 68 |
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