Crawler-transporter - Wikipedia
WEBNASA currently plans to use crawler-transporter 2 to transport the Space Launch System with the Orion spacecraft atop it from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B for the Artemis missions. Early in 2016, NASA finished upgrading crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) to a "Super Crawler" for use in the Artemis program . [ 10 ]
The Crawlers - NASA
WEBSep 19, 2023 · A pair of behemoth machines called crawler-transporters have carried the load of taking rockets and spacecraft to the launch pad for more than 50 years at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
WEBA pair of behemoth machines called crawler-trans-porters have carried the load of taking rockets and spacecraft to the launch pad for more than 50 years at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA’s Rocket Transporter Crawls Into History Books With World …
WEBMar 29, 2023 · Since their construction in 1965, a pair of crawler transporters have carried NASA rockets to the Launch Complex 39 area. Larger than a baseball infield and powered by locomotive and large electrical power generator engines, this crawler is now responsible for carrying the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and …
Artemis 1 moon rocket rollout: Meet the NASA crawler ... - Space.com
WEBMar 17, 2022 · CT-2 is one of the two crawlers that were built in 1965 to support NASA's Apollo moon missions. They're two of the largest machines ever constructed; each is 131 feet long by 114 feet wide...
NASA’s Gigantic Crawler on the Move As Rollout of Mega Moon …
WEBMar 12, 2022 · Yesterday, engineers and technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida drove Crawler Transporter-2, which will carry NASA’s Moon rocket to the launch pad, to the doors of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Soon, the 6.6-million-pound crawler will go inside the VAB and slide under the Space
'The Crawler' is on the move ahead of Artemis 1 moon rocket rollout - Space
WEBToday (March 11), NASA's crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) vehicle began to slowly "crawl" its way to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where it will...
NASA’s Massive Rocket Transporter Is Officially a Record
WEBMar 30, 2023 · On Wednesday, Guinness World Records presented NASA teams at the Kennedy Space Center with a certificate confirming that, at a whopping 6.65 million pounds (3 million kilograms), Crawler...
NASA Is Rolling Out its Massive Moon Rocket | Crawler …
WEBMar 17, 2022 · NASA is finally rolling its hulking Space Launch System (SLS) rocket out to the launch pad. The agency’s (equally-hulking) Crawler-Transporter 2 (CT-2) will ferry the 5.75-million-pound...
NASA's Apollo-era crawler sets Guinness world record | Space
WEBMar 31, 2023 · It's official: One of NASA's Apollo-era rocket movers is the heaviest self-powered vehicle. Guinness World Records confirmed Crawler-Transporter 2 tipped the scale.