KSC Crawlerway: Originally designed to support the weight of a Saturn V and payload – plus its Launch Umbilical Tower (LUT) and Mobile Launch Platform (MLP) ...

Once the mobile launch pad is in place, the CT crawls back down the Crawlerway before launch. The two crawlers were originally constructed in 1965 by Marion Shovel Company in Ohio and were first ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) presented the Florida Project of the Year award on Tuesday to the crawlerway system evaluation team at NASA’s Kenne… ...

NASA announced that the rocket and crawler left the launch pad at 4:12 a.m. ET this morning, Saturday, July 2, and that it was scheduled to arrive at the building later this morning. You can watch ...

The crawlerway has four layers, including a 3 1/2-foot sub-base, a 3-foot crushed aggregate base, a blacktop sealer and then a top layer of the rocks, about 8 inches thick on curves and 4 inches ...

The map should now feel more war-torn, with areas like the Crawlerway and the Launch Pad now littered with debris, destroyed tanks, and craters. The new Orbital is the star of update 2.2, ...

The Vehicle Assembly Building has been used since the 1960s to build the rockets before they lift off from the launch pad. It has been primarily used by 3 rockets: the Saturn V, the Space Shuttle ...

NASA's massive Crawler-Transporter II relies on two 16-cylinder Alco diesel engines to run two 1000 kW DC generators that in turn power 16 motors to move four sets of tracks that weigh a total of ...

NASA's Kennedy Space Center crawlerway may have to be rebuilt because the combined weight of the agency's Ares V cargo launch vehicle, its mobile launcher and crawler-transporter for the ...

The rocket was supposed to start its journey back to the Vehicle Assembly Building, where it will get ready for Artemis I, on June 30, but an issue with the crawlerway, the road the crawler ...

A historic launch pad is undergoing a renovation that will bolster its current role at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.. The Gantry at LC-39 will be an interactive experience that will ...