NASA's giant crawler moves launch tower to prep for Artemis III moon mission
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NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 moved a 380-foot-tall mobile tower to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center to prepare for the Artemis III moon mission. The crawler completed its 4.2-mile journey with high accuracy, missing its mark by only three-quarters of an inch.
NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2, recognized by Guinness World Records as the heaviest self-powered vehicle, completed a 4.2-mile journey from pad 39B to the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center. The crawler carried a 380-foot-tall mobile tower used for the Artemis II moon-flyby launch, weighing over 11 million pounds. The trip took two days and was completed with high accuracy, missing its mark by only three-quarters of an inch due to a laser malfunction. The mobile tower is now inside the VAB for rocket-stacking operations for Artemis III, slated to launch astronauts into orbit next year. The Artemis III mission will test rendezvous and docking capabilities with lunar landers built by Blue Origin and/or SpaceX. Meanwhile, the core stage of the Artemis III Space Launch System rocket is being transported from NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans to KSC for vertical stacking.
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