Special delivery via Super Guppy 🛬 On October 18, 2022, @NASA’s Super Guppy aircraft landed at @NASAKennedy Space Center carrying the heat shield for the #Artemis III mission. This heat shield will protect the astronauts inside of the Orion spacecraft during the mission that will land humans on the lunar surface. The heat shield was offloaded from the Super Guppy on October 19. Credit: NASA/Sean Cannon Image 1: The Super Guppy sits on the runway, resembling a typical aircraft with two propellors on either side, but the main body is silver and bulbous. A blue stripe separates the silver top from the white base. An overcast sky sits over green shrubbery in the distance. Image 2: A close-up of the wing of the Super Guppy, with a propellor in the foreground and the plane's tail with the NASA logo in the background. Image 3: The plane opens almost completely, revealing a yellow interior with many cords and the United States and Texas flags. In front of the plane sits a large beige crate with the NASA logo and the words, "Critical Hardware – Handle with care. Orion Heatshield." Three people are in the foreground from left to right; a man wearing a navy jacket and a tan hat, a man wearing a light blue jacket and a black hat, and a man wearing a light blue jacket. Image 4. A side profile of the open Super Guppy shows its propellors, bare interior, and flags. Team members stand in front of overcast clouds. #SuperGuppy #Orion #NASA #HeatShield #Airplane #NASAKennedy #Astronauts #LunarMission