Space shuttle Discovery Rolls To Launch Pad For STS-128 Launch

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Uploaded by on Aug 8, 2009

http://www.spaceflightnews.net - Space shuttle Discovery almost didn't make it to the launch pad today when technicians had to battle a rain-drenched crawlerway that slowed the shuttle's trip to launch pad 39-A and threatened to force NASA to return the crawler transporter back to the Vehicle Assembly Building. Stopping often to clean muck of the transporter's tracks, workers finally completed the journey nearly 12 hours after it began, nearly twice as long as usual.

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  • This baby gets about 35ft to the gallon. (fpg, not mpg). lol

  • wow

  • great!

  • Thank`s ......,I Liove this Video...

  • Mesmerizing. I'm already growing nostalgic for the (too soon to be retired) shuttles.

  • Verne is my name. Jules Verne. I never thought of a tracked vehicle for transportation to the launch site.

    I'm on board! When are we going again?

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