Super Guppy Returns
Time: Thursday, August 9, 2012 - 10:00am
Event Type: Special Event
Location: Museum of Flight
NASA's Aerospace Lines Super Guppy will be making its final delivery flight of the Space Shuttle Trainer (FFT). The Super Guppy will be pulling into the lot adjacent to the Museum.
To celebrate the last visit of the Super Guppy, we will hold a drawing for members and visitors for a special tour of the Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment --the full-scale mock-up of the space shuttle cockpit and living quarters used for decades by NASA to train astronauts for every mission.
The Museum will be open at 9:30 a.m.
| 10am | Super Guppy Lands at Boeing Field |
| 11am - 2pm | Unloading and movement of Shuttle Trainer Payload Bay from the Super Guppy to the Simonyi Space Gallery |
| 11am | Public briefing with Commander Rick Hull and Pilot / Astronaut Ken Cockrell |
| 12:30pm | Winners selected for tours of the Shuttle Trainer Crew Compartment (entries accepted all morning) |
| 1 & 2pm | Crew Compartment tours for drawing winners |
| All day | Don't miss planetarium shows in the side gallery, Super Guppy flight simulators in our Aviation Learning Center, and the History Channel's "Mega Movers" in the Allen Theater. |
