For more than a year, NASA's crawler-transporter (CT) 2 has been undergoing a major tuneup in the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Recent work has included preparations to ...

NASA’s giant crawler transporter that carried the Apollo missions and the Space Shuttles to the launch pad is getting an upgrade. In service since the mid-1960s, the 2,495 tonne (2,750 ton) vehicle is ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Media are invited to a photo and interview opportunity Friday, April 13, at 11 a.m. EDT at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to view the modifications under way on ...

How has NASA kept a vehicle 80 times larger than a fully-loaded tractor-trailer running since the Johnson administration? A stellar maintenance program. And lots of lubrication. Anyone who works on ...

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.

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This is a single tread of the ...