
The platform which will be used to load the Orion stage adapter is shown being positioned in front of NASA's Super Guppie. After being tested at Marshall Space Flight Center the stage adapter will be flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter arrives at Redstone Airfield where it will be loaded into NASA's Super Guppie aircraft for transportation to Denver, Colorado where it will undergo further testing.

The platform which will be used to load the Orion stage adapter into NASA's Super Guppie aircraft is shown in the foreground with the Guppie aircraft in the background

The platform which will be used to load the Orion stage adapter is being positioned in front of the cargo bay of NASA's Super Guppie aircraft. The adapter is being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being positioned for lifting onto the loading platform before being loaded into NASA's Super Guppie aircraft. The adapter will be flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being positioned for lifting onto the loading platform before being loaded into NASA's Super Guppie aircraft. The adapter will be flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being lifted for placement onto the loading platform for NASA's Super Guppie aircraft before being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being positioned for lifting onto the loading platform before being loaded into NASA's Super Guppie aircraft. The adapter will be flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

Air Force Two lands with Vice President Mike Pence along with Congressman Robert Aderholt at the Redstone Army Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, on Monday, Sept. 25. They were greeted by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center Director Todd May and Redstone Arsenal’s Lt. Gen. Edward Daly. The Vice President is visiting NASA’s Marshall Center to meet with employees, view test hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System — America’s new deep-space rocket, and tour the Payload Operations Integration Center, “science central” for the International Space Station.

The Orion stage adapter is shown in the background from inside the cargo bay of NASA's Super Guppie. The stage adapter is being flown to Denver, Colorado where it will undergo further testing.

Air Force Two lands with Vice President Mike Pence along with Congressman Robert Aderholt at the Redstone Army Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, on Monday, Sept. 25. The Vice President is visiting NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, located on Redstone Arsenal, to meet with employees, view test hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System — America’s new deep-space rocket, and tour the Payload Operations Integration Center, “science central” for the International Space Station.

Air Force Two lands with Vice President Mike Pence along with Congressman Robert Aderholt at the Redstone Army Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, on Monday, Sept. 25. The Vice President is visiting NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, located on Redstone Arsenal, to meet with employees, view test hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System — America’s new deep-space rocket, and tour the Payload Operations Integration Center, “science central” for the International Space Station.

The Orion stage adapter is being positioned for lifting onto the loading platform before being loaded into NASA's Super Guppie aircraft. The adapter will be flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being placed inside the cargo bay of NASA's Super Guppie aircraft before being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

NASA's Super Guppie aircraft lifts off from Redstone Arsenal's airfield with the Orion stage adapter which will be transported to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being placed inside the cargo bay of NASA's Super Guppie aircraft before being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

NASA's Super Guppie aircraft on to tarmac of Redstone Arsenal airfield prior to liftoff with the Orion stage adapter which will be transported to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter shown inside the cargo bay of NASA's Super Guppie aircraft prior to being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being lifted for placement onto the loading platform for NASA's Super Guppie aircraft before being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

Marshall Space Flight Center public affairs officer, Brian Massey, interviews Gregory Johnson, NASA's Super Guppie pilot, after the arrival of the aircraft to ferry the Orion stage adapter to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being lifted for placement onto the loading platform for NASA's Super Guppie aircraft before being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is shown in the background from inside the cargo bay of NASA's Super Guppie. The stage adapter is being flown to Denver, Colorado where it will undergo further testing.

NASA's Super Guppie arrives at Redstone Arsenal airfield to transport the Orion stage adapter to Denver Colorado for further testing. The nose is open exposing the cargo bay.

NASA's Super Guppie aircraft lifts off from Redstone Arsenal's airfield with the Orion stage adapter which will be transported to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being lifted for placement onto the loading platform for NASA's Super Guppie aircraft before being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being positioned for lifting onto the loading platform before being loaded into NASA's Super Guppie aircraft. The adapter will be flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

Air Force Two lands with Vice President Mike Pence along with Congressman Robert Aderholt at the Redstone Army Airfield in Huntsville, Alabama, on Monday, Sept. 25. The Vice President is visiting NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, located on Redstone Arsenal, to meet with employees, view test hardware for NASA’s Space Launch System — America’s new deep-space rocket, and tour the Payload Operations Integration Center, “science central” for the International Space Station.

The Orion stage adapter is being placed inside the cargo bay of NASA's Super Guppie aircraft before being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.

The Orion stage adapter is being lifted for placement onto the loading platform for NASA's Super Guppie aircraft before being flown to Denver, Colorado for further testing.