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NASA began moving its Artemis II rocket towards launch pad

NASA's mega-crawler to move Artemis II moon rocket to launch pad in Florida

NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 will soon move the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft from the Vehicle Assembly Building to pad 39B ahead of launch.

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Pictures: Behind the scenes of NASA crawler that gets Artemis to the launch pad

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NASA Hauls Its Repaired Moon Rocket From the Hangar Back to the Pad for an Early April Launch

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Artemis II rocket rolling to launchpad for NASA moon mission: When is launch date?

NASA began rolling the Artemis II rocket and Orion spacecraft to the launchpad shortly after midnight Friday Eastern Time in anticipation of a launch in early April.

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NASA moving Artemis II back onto launchpad after moon mission delays

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NASA's Artemis II SLS rocket rolls out to KSC pad ahead of moon mission

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Astronauts enter quarantine with NASA set to roll Artemis II moon rocket to the launchpad

The Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft will move from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 19, marking a major milestone in final la...

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NASA's Artemis II rocket rolls to launch pad in final bid to meet April deadline

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NASA’s Artemis II rocket back to launch pad after wind delay

Ready to roll again, NASA’s workhorse crawler has been hauling rockets since Apollo

When he’s not at work, Sam Dove drives a Chevy Silverado 1500. Dove gets to drive the crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2), which was one of two tracked vehicles originally designed to haul the Saturn V

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How do you move a big rocket like Artemis? NASA's crawler-transporter

How do you safely move a 5.75 million-pound, 322-foot-high rocket more than 4 miles from the assembly building to the launch pad and back? Flag down the Crawler-Transporter 2, or CT-2, the slow-moving but mighty transport platform that’s been hauling ...

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Why Artemis II relies on a 1960s-built vehicle to reach the launch pad

NASA’s Artemis II mission relies on the 1960s-built Crawler-Transporter 2 to move the rocket and mobile launcher safely 4.2 miles from assembly to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.

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NASA's Artemis II Rocket Is Making A Slow And Steady Trek Before Take Off

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 decades. On track to launch its Artemis II mission as early as ...

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These Are The Massive Diesel Engines That Move NASA's 6.6-Million-Pound Crawler-Transporter

The largest and heaviest self-propelled ground vehicle on the planet, per Guinness, sits at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Creatively dubbed Crawler-Transporter 2, this monstrosity is the size of a baseball diamond, and while it's over 50 years ...

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NASA's aging crawler is about to haul 18 million pounds on its back, again

NASA prepares to haul the Space Launch System rocket, Orion spacecraft, and mobile launcher back to the Vehicle Assembly Building for repairs beginning Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, pending weather conditions. Credit: NASA / Keegan Barber After more than five ...