NASA's Secret Weapon

During the 1960’s, NASA was under a huge amount of pressure to land humans on the Moon by the end of the decade. But without the help from a truly unique aircraft, NASA would have struggled to assemble the massive Saturn V rocket in time and their ambitious goal might never have been achieved.

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Thank you to Pond5 for access to their archival footage.

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References:

Music used in this video:
» Secret Conversations - The 126ers
» Sunset Trails - DJ Williams
» Marianas - Quincas Moreira
» Stuck In The Air - The Tower Of Light
» Key To Your Heart - The Mini Vandals
» Voyager - Ewan Cunningham

Credits:
Narrated by: Beau Stucki

[primalspace]

Fun fact: the original Guppy was actually nicknamed the "Pregnant Guppy" by NASA engineers.

[liamc]

The beluga: i use the plane to transport the plane

[michaeldesanta]

The plane looks like Mega Mind from the front

[julianmartinezfontaina]

NASA: What are we going to do? It is literally impossible to fly such a big plane with a lot of...

John Conroy: *HEY HEY*

[astrumspace]

Loved the video! It's amazing that something like that can even fly. And it was great doing a collab with you, thanks for lending your narration to my video!!

[ajcook]

Thank you for being a good narrator and not adding in unnecessary fake enthusiasm and emotion like all YouTube Channels think is how to properly talk (and like to hear themselves talk). They use so much inflection and intonation it ruins the story but this video doesnt have that and I'm glad, thanks man

[MarcusBadi]

And I thought the Beluga had an "original" design...

[BucketofDoge]

This is how i feel when i answer a hard question on a test

[rainz]

Lego: Space set
Build the rocket
NASA: Oh no we do no-
John Conroy: HEY

[lomein]

6:02 Wow, that advertisement segue is legendary

[Daniel-pflg]

Growing up, I had no idea how important the super guppy was, and now every time I see it I like to watch and take pictures as it flys by. It's home is El Paso Tx where I grew up and still live. The super guppy still gets flown several times a year and it's an awesome thing to see lumbering through the sky.

[haydenoneil]

I had the pleasure of seeing Super Guppy at the 2015 Andrew's AFB air show. It's such a unique aircraft.

[johnleach]

I flew KC-97s in the 1950s (the same bird, 52932, for 3.5 years) and can attest to the 377's solid constkuction. Great historical show.

[hasansaleem]

Guppy : cannot carry the third stage.

Super guppy: lemme introduce myself.

[cavangriffin]

It's so satisfying how perfectly the name "guppy" fits the look of this plane

[brendoncoss]

Very informative narration was perfect, look forward to hearing more from you and this program!

[Vivaswaan.]

How do you consistently manage to produce such brilliant videos! The topic you chose was so interesting. I was engrossed. The information was presented wonderfully. I loved the extensive usage of video clips.
Thank you!

[Tordogor]

Again, a thoughtful and educative video. 👏👍
Thanks for showing the history of one of my favorite — but so little known — planes of the 1960s. 🤗

[iirzd]

It’s amazing how much a certain thing can advance.
This is an excellent example of Neil Armstrong’s famous quote; “This one small step, Is one giant leap for mankind”

[markworrell]

Got to walk through the Super Guppy in El Paso, TX
Amazing aircraft!