NASA 'Super Guppy' Makes Stop at Manchester Airport

Special delivery. Thanks to local freelance photographer Jeffrey Hastings for the above photos and information regarding NASA's Super Guppy aircraft while it made a special stop at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport. The Super Guppy, the only one in the Unite States Arrived Tuesday evening, and was loaded Thursday morning with a heat shield built by Textron in Wilmington, Mass. The 40,000-pound heat shield was loaded in to the aircraft destined for Kennedy Space center where it will be used on the Orion Space craft scheduled to launch next month. The plane was loaded and serviced at Wiggins Airway. Additional information available at www.nasa.gov/orion.

Blanket drive. The two branches of the YMCA of Greater Nashua in Nashua and Merrimack are collecting new and gently used blankets to help Nashua second-grader Kieran Hummer's "Kieran's Kovers" drive for the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter. Kieran has collected more than 300 blankets in the last three years of his drive. Read more about how you can help in the latest YMCA blog.

Get hired. Qdoba in Merrimack is hiring talented, experienced cooks and team leaders to be a part of their team at their location on the access road to the Merrimack Premium Outlets. According to their listing on Merrimack Patch, they of offer "flexible schedules, a great work environment, competitive pay and a great career path. We're looking for people who share our passion and are dedicated to creating a great experience through service that invites interaction with our guests." Read more on how to apply. 

Weather watch. Warmer temperatures will keep today's precipitation as rain, rather than snow. A chance of rain, mainly after 7 a.m. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 47. Tonight, rain and patchy fog likely. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 43.