Inside the NASA Crawler Transporter - PART 2 of 3

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Uploaded by on Feb 24, 2010

This is a guided tour I was given by KSC's Crawler Transporter manager, back in 2000. We go throughout the interior and up on the top where the Mobile Launch platform for Apollo Saturn V and later the Space Shuttle stacks are mounted and taken out to the launch pad.

You can learn more about these amazing machines at: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/behindscenes/crawler-history.html

With special thanks for the kind assistance of Kennedy Space Center PAO

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  • Not sure about the gears but max speed is 2 MPH and 1MPH when carrying shuttle 'stack'. Oh, and they do have reverse!

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  • Presumably the steering wheel at 5:55 has full power steering? LOL...

    Thank you for the interesting and informative look at this marvellous piece of machinery, glad this sort of thing is on Youtube!

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  • ...incredible to think they can obtain under a half inch for positioning

  • @Polybun It's Windows 95 looks like.

  • that does not look like windows to me. That looks disctinctly X driven.

  • 4:19 Operator and guide in reflection

  • Is it true that it has one gear and goes 1 MPH? Mianly bc the boosters and shuttle are so heavy

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