On August 31, 1965, NASA's Super Guppy cargo plane took its first test flight. Discover more space history 👉 https://trib.al/vqrHdaj This oversized aircraft looks a bit like a giant flying whale. It was built by a company called Aero Spacelines and based on the Boeing B-377 Stratocruiser. NASA uses these funny-looking planes to transport large cargo, like spacecraft parts and other smaller aircraft. At the time, they needed the planes to transport Apollo rocket stages from California to Florida