Rockets like Artemis II are big and heavy. Here's how specialized crawler transporters safely move them from assembly bays to ...

In March 2023, Guinness World Records designated that refurbished crawler, known as CT-2, as the heaviest self-powered vehicle. The crawler itself weighs 6.6 million pounds, about the same as 1,000 ...

To get its Artemis moongoing spacecraft to the launchpad, NASA's CT-2 uses huge ALCO 251C V16 diesel engines originally built ...

NASA’s preparations for the Artemis II mission continue to gain momentum with a major milestone reached by the crawler-transporter 2, the massive vehicle responsible for transporting launch equipment ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — It is an iconic machine whose work has spanned nearly the entire history of NASA. And without it, the Saturn V rocket and space shuttle launches would not have been possible.

GILLETTE — Next time NASA's crawler transporter makes the 4.2-mile trip from the assembly shop to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the massive, lumbering 1960s machine will have ...

Just moving out the moon-bound rocket to the launch pad was an incredible engineering feat. Watch how NASA got it done. ARTEMIS ON CRAWLERArtemis II, which consists of the Orion crew capsule with the ...