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.

NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2), is one of two vehicles originally designed to haul the Saturn V rockets from Apollo era to Kennedy Space Center’s launch pads. It continued its piggyback service ...

Like a massive mechanical Atlas bearing the weight of the world on its shoulders, NASA’s Crawler-Transporter 2 will soon slowly scoot the Artemis II rocket and mobile launch tower back to the pad so ...

The Space Launch System rocket and Orion Spacecraft roll out on the CT-2 during the Artemis I mission. - NASA NASA is getting ready to send astronauts beyond Earth's orbit for the first time in ...

With sloth-like speed, NASA's mighty Crawler-Transporter 2 crept nearly imperceptibly into High Bay 3 at the Vehicle Assembly Building. Borne on its back: the 380-foot-tall mobile tower from the ...

This browser does not support the Video element. ORLANDO, Fla. - The Artemis II rocket and spacecraft completed the 4-mile trek to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center on Friday morning, March 20, ...

NASA’s two crawler transporter vehicles soon will sport new “shoes.” A $10 million project to replace the 456 tread belt shoes, weighing more than one ton each, on both crawlers at Kennedy Space ...

NASA is getting ready to send astronauts beyond Earth's orbit for the first time in decades. On track to launch its Artemis II mission as early as February, NASA will spend the next month preparing to ...