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NASA's mega-crawler to move Artemis II moon rocket to launch pad in Florida

NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 is tasked with moving the Artemis II rocket for the upcoming moon mission.

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Pictures: Behind the scenes of NASA crawler that gets Artemis to the launch pad

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Nasa's Artemis Moon rocket rolls back to pad for possible April launch

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Watch timelapse of Artemis II rocket rollout to launch pad

Nasa's giant Moon rocket has returned to its launch pad for a second time, ahead of a mission to send astronauts around the Moon – something not attempted in more than 50 years.

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Artemis II update: Four astronauts enter health quarantine ahead of record-breaking mission

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Repaired Artemis II rocket returns to launch pad

Ready to roll again, NASA’s workhorse crawler has been hauling rockets since Apollo

When he’s not at work, Sam Dove drives a Chevy Silverado 1500. Dove gets to drive the crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2), which was one of two tracked vehicles originally designed to haul the Saturn V

GEEKSPIN on MSN

How a 1960s megastructure is carrying NASA back to the moon

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 Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the astronauts preparing for humanity’s next journey around the Moon.

PRIMETIMER on MSN

Why Artemis II relies on a 1960s-built vehicle to reach the launch pad

NASA’s Artemis II mission relies on the 1960s-built Crawler-Transporter 2 to move the rocket and mobile launcher safely 4.2 miles from assembly to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.

NASA's Crawler-Transporter 2 does the heavy lifting in Artemis II

NASA's Crawler-Transporter vehicle, originally built to move Apollo-era Saturn V rockets to the launch pad, has been beefed up to transport Artemis.

AZ Central

How do you move a big rocket like Artemis? NASA's crawler-transporter

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 but mighty transport platform that’s been hauling ...

Space Coast Daily

On This Day in 1969: Apollo 10 Rocket Rolled to Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad Ahead of Historic Mission

While the crew of Apollo 9 was still orbiting Earth on this day in 1969, preparations were already underway on the ground for the next critical step in the race to the Moon.