Mar 4, 2021 · MESA, AZ — A specialized aircraft from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration made a stop in the Valley on Thursday. The Super Guppy aircraft appears to have traveled from Wichita,...

Oct 21, 2016 · The Super Guppy aircraft is traveling from Colorado, likely on its way to California, according to Mesa-Williams Gateway Airport. It will not spend the night in Arizona.

Mar 5, 2021 · NASA's Super Guppy aircraft landed in Arizona on Thursday in footage that has been viewed widely on Twitter. The large cargo plane touched down at the Mesa Gateway Airport, though it is not clear...

Dec 10, 2014 · NASA's Super Guppy plane made a rare stop at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport on Dec. 10, drawing a crowd of spectators and photographers.

Mar 6, 2021 · Local Phoenix news channel ABC15 had its helicopter in the air and captured some great video of the peculiar-looking aircraft performing its first landing of the day at Mesa Gateway. See if you can spot the difference in how this aircraft lands compared to other planes...

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October 21, 2016: NASA's Super Guppy at Mesa Gateway Airport NASA's Super Guppy N941NA visited Phoenix-Mesa Gateway on October 21, 2016 on its way from Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado to Moffet Federal Airfield, California.

Feb 12, 2025 · Using a convoy of vehicles Boeing uses to recover their spacecraft after landing and a boiler plate test article of the Starliner capsule, the teams worked through the steps necessary to safe the...

Jul 14, 2022 · Commercial space travel is getting one step closer in Arizona. Virgin Galactic, a sister company of Virgin Atlantic, announced Thursday that it will open an assembly manufacturing facility...

Mesa Gateway Airport [a] (IATA: AZA, ICAO: KIWA, FAA LID: IWA) – also known as Phoenix–Mesa Airport – is an international airport in southeastern Mesa, Arizona, located approximately 20 miles (17 nmi; 32 km) southeast of Phoenix, in Maricopa County. [1] The airport, owned and operated by the Mesa Gateway Airport Authority, is a reliever airport for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.