The Crawler/Transporter is a behemoth. This is the carrier which took the fully assembled Shuttle with its fuel tanks attached to the launch pad. Consider these basics – Weight: 2,721 metric tons (6 million pounds) Length: 40 meters (131 ft) wide, 35 meters (114ft) long Miles: 2,526 miles (1,243 miles since 1977) The Crawler has [...]
Archive for January, 2012
CRAWLER / TRANSPORTER == how a Shuttle got to the Launch Pad
Posted in crawler transporter, tagged ., control room, crawler, crawler operations, florida, how many crawlers are there?, kennedy space center, manager, nasa, terry berman, transporter on January 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
GRAIL == update direct from NASA
Posted in GRAIL, tagged GRAIL, MAPPING MOON, MOON, nasa, ORBIT on January 2, 2012 | 1 Comment »
. . from NASA regarding GRAIL NASA’S TWIN GRAIL SPACECRAFT REUNITE IN LUNAR ORBIT PASADENA, Calif. — JANUARY 1, 2012 === The second of NASA’s two Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) spacecraft has successfully completed its planned main engine burn and is now in lunar orbit. Working together, GRAIL-A and GRAIL-B will study the [...]
