Space Shuttle Crawler Simulator

The Crawler-Transporter Vehicles move the space shuttle vehicles between the Vehicle Assembly Building and Launch Complex 39-A or 39-B at Kennedy Space Center. When the space shuttle vehicle is fully assembled and checked out in the VAB, the Crawler-Transporter is driven into position beneath the Mobile Launcher Platform. The transporter jacks the mobile launcher off its pedestals, and the rollout to the launch pad begins. After the mobile launcher platform is ''hard down'' on the launch pad pedestals, the crawler is backed down the ramp and returned to its parking area.

Guests can drive a virtual Crawler-Transporter under a Mobile Launcher Platform and take a condensed journey to deliver the Space Shuttle from the Vehicle Assembly Building to either pad 39-A or 39-B.  Graphic panels describe Crawler-Transporter function and show personnel working during a Space Shuttle rollout.

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