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21-AUG-2018

NASA "Crawler" at top speed of 2 MPH (1 mph loaded )~ Kennedy Space Center (photo 4 of 4)

(Sorry about quality, photo taken at distance and with 100 degree rising heat waves)

Built in 1965, The crawlers carried the weight of the massive Saturn V rocket and Apollo capsule attached to the mobile launcher along with the launch umbilical tower (12.3 million pounds), and the space shuttle with solid rocket boosters and external fuel tank on top of the mobile launcher platform (11 million pounds) 131 by 114 ft

The crawlers are now being modified to carry NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) with the Orion spacecraft


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joseantonio24-Nov-2018 19:36
amazing capture of this huge machine.V.
Neil Marcus24-Nov-2018 14:28
At that weight I'm surprised it doesn't sink into the ground on a rainy day
janescottcumming24-Nov-2018 13:32
Hard to believe that thing actually moves! It's enormous.