News Archive / Tagged: crawler-transporter

• Ready to roll: Artemis 1 set to return to pad for launch

  Theresa CrossNovember 3rd, 2022

  After more than two months, NASA is poised to try again to fly the massive Artemis 1 Space Launch System rocket on its debut mission.

• Experience delivers: Moving SLS with the crawler-transporter

  Theresa CrossOctober 12th, 2022

  Meet Bob Myers, one of NASA’s crawler drivers that transport rockets to and from the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39B.

• The first few miles of Artemis 1 starts with the crawler

  Theresa CrossAugust 22nd, 2022

  NASA’s Space Launch System rocket has returned to the pad for the Artemis 1 mission after a 10-hour trek via the crawler-transporter.

• Crawling before launch: NASA evaluates new robotic crawlerway grader

  Theresa CrossJuly 29th, 2022

  Before NASA’s crawler-transporter can move the Space Launch System to the launch pad, the “crawlerway” road it travels on needs to be properly prepared.

• Artemis on the move: What it takes to get SLS to the pad

  Theresa CrossJuly 21st, 2022

  With tentative launch dates penciled in for the Artemis 1 mission, what does it take to get the SLS rocket from the assembly building to the launch pad?