NASA's Crawler Transporter 2, used for the agency's moon missions, is now recognized as...
Guinness World Records designated NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 as the heaviest self-powered vehicle, weighing roughly 6.65 million pounds. At a March 29, 2023, ceremony at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Guinness World Records presented the certificate to teams with the Exploration Ground Systems Program and Kennedy leadership.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 beneathTo shoulder these vehicles, Crawler Transporter 2 weighs about 6.65 million pounds — that's roughly 15 Statues of Liberty or 1,000 pickup trucks.
NASA has used crawler transporters since their construction in 1965. This particular vehicle, Crawler Transporter 2, has been modified for the Artemis missions and is now heavier than its sibling transporter originally built to carry Saturn V rockets during the Apollo Program. Crawler Transporter 2 is larger than a baseball infield and powered by locomotive and large electrical power generator engines.
With the Artemis Program, Crawler Transporter 2 must carry the Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B. It moves roughly 1 mile per hour, meaning the 4.2-mile trek at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida can take eight to 12 hours.
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