Behind the Scenes: Shuttle Crawls to Launch Pad

[@dave1135]

The support equipment like the crawler transporter and the tower that envelopes the shuttle is just as amazing as the shuttle itself

[@ryanrising2237]

Tennessee rocks? Alabama rocks? Come on guys, that’s amateur stuff. You have to use moon rocks! The lower gravity means the crawler has to support less weight, so you get less wear and tear on the components. All joking aside this was really cool to see. I’d never actually seen real-time video of this thing moving before.

[@easygoing2479]

I betcha Mike Massimino was a hoot up in orbit.

[@n310ea]

You would think NASA would have another spacecraft lined up before sending the space shuttle to the boneyard.

[@paulhorn2665]

Nah instead they waited 9 years and then SpaceX made it back into space.