Crawler-transporter 2, referred to as CT-2, lumbered out of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building last Wednesday (Feb. 18) to begin the 4.2-mile (6.8 km) trek to Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in ...

Last Shuttle roll out of the crawler transporter (Image: NASA) Moving up to 6,360 metric ton (7,000 short ton) of Saturn V rocket and launching platform up to four miles (6.43 km) safely isn’t easy.

In 1973, the two crawlers were repurposed to support the smaller and lighter space shuttle.At the end of that 30-year program, Crawler-Transporter 2 was selected to carry the much larger Space ...

Space.com: As one team of shuttle engineers works to pry NASA’s Discovery orbiter from its external tank, ... crawler-transporter manager for shuttle contractor United Space Alliance, ...

NASA's historic crawler-transporter hardware has finally thrown around its weight ... and they did so until modifications were needed for the space shuttle program's first test transport in 1979.

Space Shuttle on crawler transporter NASA The Museum’s work complements what other organizations do to preserve this important history, especially while the infrastructure is still in use.

The Space Launch System rocket and the Orion spacecraft are seen on Crawler Transporter 2 as they were being shipped back to the Vehicle Assembly Building before Hurricane Ian hit in 2022.

The Shuttle is on top of the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) and is then moved by the Crawler Transporter (CT) to one of the two launch pads. The launch pad is made of the Fixed Service Structure ...

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 achieved a significant milestone during its latest operation, ... transporting the Saturn V rockets during the Apollo era and later supporting the Space Shuttle program.

The huge machine is part of a family NASA used to call Missile Crawler Transporter Facilities. This breed came about back in the 1960s when all the other wonders of the American space exploration ...

One of NASA's historic crawler-transporters used to move spaceflight hardware around Kennedy Space Center has finally thrown its weight around long enough – literally – to gain recognition in ...