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 ...

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 ...

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.

Like a massive mechanical Atlas bearing the weight of the world on its shoulders, NASA’s Crawler-Transporter 2 will soon slowly scoot the Artemis II rocket and mobile launch tower back to the pad so ...

With sloth-like speed, NASA's mighty Crawler-Transporter 2 crept nearly imperceptibly into High Bay 3 at the Vehicle Assembly Building. Borne on its back: the 380-foot-tall mobile tower from the ...

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 ...

In the early hours of Friday, March 20, Artemis II began its return to the launchpad—following a rollback for helium system fixes and other checks with the spotlight once again on NASA’s towering ...

Just moving out the moon-bound rocket to the launch pad was an incredible engineering feat. Watch how NASA got it done. ARTEMIS ON CRAWLERArtemis II, which consists of the Orion crew capsule with the ...

NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 is tasked with moving the Artemis II rocket for the upcoming moon mission. The vehicle holds the Guinness World Record for the heaviest self-powered vehicle. Originally ...

NASA’s Crawler-Transporter 2's two-day, 4.2-mile journey was completed with near-perfect accuracy, missing its mark by only three-quarters of an inch. The Artemis II mobile launcher is now inside the ...