Inside the NASA Crawler Transporter - PART 2 of 3

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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Science & Technology

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• apollo
• space
• nasa
• ksc
• saturn v
• rocket
• crawler transporter
• launch pad
• moon

[ozspace1]

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

[1944GPW]

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!

[MightySaturn5]

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

[emenentia]

@Polybun It's Windows 95 looks like.

[Polybun]

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

[RobertEdwardLee098]

4:19 Operator and guide in reflection

[bluepanther1011]

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