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ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

A crew member of the Super Guppy cargo plane leans from the cockpit window as the plane is hooked to a tug outside the Museum of Flight Saturday, delivering part of the NASA space shuttle trainer.

BETTINA HANSEN / THE SEATTLE TIMES

NASA's Super Guppy aircraft, carrying crew compartment of the space shuttle trainer, makes a flyover around downtown Seattle on its way to The Museum of Flight.

ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

The Super Guppy delivers plenty of cargo and decibels as it arrives at the Museum of Flight Saturday.

ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

The front part of the Super Guppy cargo plane is cracked open as it swings forward 90-degrees so the space shuttle trainer can be unloaded Saturday.

ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

The front part of the shrink-wrapped Space Shuttle trainer is moved on a specialty vehicle with the Super Guppy in the background, its cargo bay and cockpit area at a 90-degree angle at Boeing Field. The vehicle moving the trainer part was brought up from JBLM to assist.

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Raw video: NASA's Super Guppy cargo plane delivers the space shuttle trainer to the Museum of Flight Saturday, June 30, 2012.

ALAN BERNER / THE SEATTLE TIMES

Ted Huetter from the Museum of Flight is an astronaut for the day, dressed like the 355 who flew in the Space Shuttle. His suit was made for the museum and is a replica of the real ones.