How did Space Shuttles get off the NASA Crawler?
2022年11月9日 · The crawler carried the shuttle, boosters, and external tank which were mounted on the Mobile Launch Platform (MLP). Image source: Universe Today. The crawler went to the pad, put down the MLP at the launch pad, and crawled away. This left the MLP, shuttle, boosters, and external tank at the pad. When the shuttle launched, only the MLP remained.
Why did NASA wet the road in front of the Space Shuttle crawler?
2019年6月26日 · When the crawler rolls over that river rock it crushes it and the resulting crushing motion releases silica dust in every form (total, inhaleable, and most importantly, respirable). When the crawler rolls out, a team of crawler technicians are escorting it …
launch site - Why do KSC crawler-transporters use caterpillar …
The final choice was a track-mounted crawler so big that after partial assembly at the plant of Marion Power Shovel Company, Marion, Ohio, it was taken apart in moveable sections, shipped to the launch center and there assembled. This solution was derived from the strip mining industry and involved the use of hydraulic power for jacking ...
Crawler-transporter's ground pressure? - Space Exploration Stack …
2022年3月11日 · According to this page, the crawler itself weighs "Approximately 6.6 million pounds", with a maximum load of 18 million pounds, while this sheet lists the Artemis I launch vehicle at "Approximately 3.5 million pounds" and ML-1 (Mobile Launcher-1) as "Approximately 11.3 million pounds". That gives us a total weight of 21.4 million pounds for ...
Newest 'crawler-transporter' Questions - Space Exploration Stack …
The crawler is what transports Shuttles and rockets from the rocket assembly building to launch pad. When the crawler reaches the launch pad, how is the Shuttle transferred from the crawler to the pad?...
Why did NASA close the space shuttle program? [duplicate]
2017年8月13日 · The vision which initiated the shuttle program was economic, routine, schedulable access to space. All other space launch systems involved single-use essentially hand-crafted vehicles making each launch very expensive. Aside from SpaceX, this is still largely true today. The Shuttle was intended to change all that by being highly re-usable.
space shuttle - Why did NASA discontinue use of the MMU?
Also the things are big and heavy. In space, if you don't need it, you don't bring it. They were cool though. From an upcoming Smithsonian article by Andy Chaikin: But after the Challenger disaster in 1986, NASA re-evaluated shuttle missions, including …
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Questions tagged [crawler-transporter] Ask Question Question regarding NASA's Crawler-Transporter vehicles used to transport the Mobile Launcher Platforms for Saturn V, Shuttle and SLS launchers.
What is this large fan in front of the Space Shuttle during Ground ...
2019年12月9日 · In this amazing video of multiple camera angles of Endeavour landing and post-landing processing, at around the 15:45–15:56 minute mark, we see a large propeller running in front of the Orbiter. It
What are these discs on the Crawler-Transporter?
The parking brakes are smaller than the service brakes and the pads get very little wear since they apply when the crawler is stopped. The service brakes don't get used very much either, the crawler normally coasts to a stop unless there is an emergency. Here's a CAD image of …