Friday, November 16, 2012

Modified Crawler-Transporter Put to the Test


Modified Crawler-Transporter Put to the Test

Crawler-transporter No. 2 arrives at Launch Pad 39A to pick up a shuttle-era mobile launcher platform and moved up and down the ramp to the pad testing how well the systems worked while carrying a load. Photo credit: NASA/ Dimitri Gerondidakis

For more than 45 years, two crawler-transporters, or CTs, have carried America's human spaceflight program on their backs. This past year at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, crawler-transporter 2 has been undergoing a major overhaul to keep the workhorse going for many years to come. With the first phase of modification work complete, the crawler-transporter recently went for a successful test drive that proved all upgrades are working as designed. 

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