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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sign positioned near one of the giant tracks of NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 identifies the Artemis-upgraded, Apollo-era vehicle ...

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.

The Guinness World Records is spotlighting an underappreciated piece of NASA hardware. Crawler Transporter 2 is now recognized as “the heaviest self-powered vehicle.” The transporter sits beneath NASA ...

The space agency's Crawler Transporter 2 has officially broken the Guinness World Record for the heaviest self-powered vehicle. Reading time 2 minutes NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 was originally ...

Rockets like Artemis II are big and heavy. Here's how specialized crawler transporters safely move them from assembly bays to launch pads.

'To have a Guinness Worlds Records title is icing on the cake for an extraordinary piece of equipment.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...