Comments (2) A sign positioned near one of the giant tracks of NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 identifies the Artemis-upgraded, Apollo-era vehicle as a Guinness World Record holder.(Image credit: NASA) ...

All of the above numbers are impressive, but the crawler has another thing going for it: weight. Tipping the scales at 6.65 million pounds (over three million kg, or 3,335 tons, and that is the ...

Crawler Transporter 2 has already served in the Artemis Program, supporting the Artemis I launch in November 2022. Guinness World Records has certified it as the “heaviest self-powered vehicle”.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced on Thursday new delays in the U.S. space agency’s Artemis program to return astronauts to the moon for the first time since 1972, pushing back the next ...

When NASA's Crawler Transporter 2 carries the Artemis Moon rocket to its launch pad, the behemoth machine will be sporting a Guinness World Records certificate officially designating it as "the ...

"Just to be part of that is pretty amazing, we really appreciate them recognizing the crawler," Dove told Spectrum News. The crawler will take Artemis II to the pad, scheduled for late 2024.

In the early morning on Oct. 20, 2020, the mobile launcher for the Artemis I mission begins its rollout atop crawler-transporter 2 from the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAâs Kennedy Space ...