
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.

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.

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.

John Honeycutt talks with reporters on NASA Barge Pegasus

Paul Finley, mayor of the City of Madison, Alabama, chats with Jody Singer, deputy director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, following the April 26 lunch meeting of the Marshall Association, the center's professional, employee service organization. Finley, the guest speaker for the event, served as mayor of Madison from 2008-2012 and was elected to the post again in 2016.

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.

MARSHALL ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON WITH GUEST SPEAKER DR. DAVA NEWMAN, NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR. AUGUST 16, 2016.

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.

MARSHALL ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON WITH GUEST SPEAKER DR. DAVA NEWMAN, NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR. AUGUST 16, 2016.

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.

JIM GREEN, DIRECTOR OF PLANETARY SCIENCE AT NASA HEADQUARTERS, ADDRESSES MARSHALL TEAM MEMBERS DURING A JUNE 28 LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE MARSHALL ASSOCIATION. OVER THE COURSE OF HIS 35-YEAR CAREER AT NASA, HE HAS SUPPORTED A DIVERSE ARRAY OF PLANETARY SCIENCE MISSIONS, AND RECENTLY SERVED AS SCIENCE ADVISOR FOR THE FILM ADAPTATION OF "THE MARTIAN." GREEN'S PRESENTATION WAS TITLED "THE MARTIAN: SCIENCE FICTION VS. SCIENCE FACT," IN WHICH HE DISCUSSED THE MOVIE AND THE NATION'S JOURNEY TO MARS. THE MARSHALL ASSOCIATION IS THE CENTER'S PROFESSIONAL, EMPLOYEE SERVICE ORGANIZATION.

MARSHALL ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON WITH GUEST SPEAKER DR. DAVA NEWMAN, NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR. AUGUST 16, 2016.

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.

John Honeycutt talks with reporters on NASA Barge Pegasus

MARSHALL ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON WITH GUEST SPEAKER DR. DAVA NEWMAN, NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR. AUGUST 16, 2016.

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.

John Honeycutt talks with reporters on NASA Barge Pegasus

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 ASSOCIATION LUNCHEON WITH GUEST SPEAKER DR. DAVA NEWMAN, NASA DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR. AUGUST 16, 2016.

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.

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.

Markeeva Morgan, SLS avionics subsystem manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, speaks to an audience of Marshall team members April 26 at the Overlook at Redstone. Morgan was the introductory speaker for the luncheon meeting of the Marshall Association, the center’s professional, employee service organization.