# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq3gYz4Oa2f
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15341031-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-04-10T19:25:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

Heavy weight champion of the world 🏆

The next time NASA’s Crawler Transporter 2 carries the mobile launcher and #Artemis Moon rocket to and from the launch pad, the behemoth transporter will sport a Guinness World Records certificate officially designating it as “the heaviest self-powered vehicle.” At a March 29 ceremony at NASAKennedy Space Center in Florida, Guinness World Records presented the certificate to teams with the Exploration Ground Systems Program and Kennedy leadership.

Originally designed to carry the Saturn V rockets during the Apollo program, the crawler underwent upgrades to enable it to carry the heavier load of the newer generation Moon rocket. These improvements added more weight, making this crawler heavier than its sibling, Crawler Transporter 1. Larger than a baseball infield and weighing in at approximately 6.65 million pounds (~3 million kgs), the Crawler Transporter 2’s weight is equivalent to about 15 Statues of Liberty or 1,000 pickup trucks.

Following the successful Artemis I launch, teams are now preparing for Artemis II, including replacing the “shoes” on the two large tracks the crawler rolls on and carrying the mobile launcher prior to stacking SLS and Orion on top.

Image descriptions:

Image 1: A large gray transporter is seen on the left side of the image crawling away from the butterscotch-colored Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Pad 39B. The sky is blue with puffy white clouds.

Image 2: A group of people, teams with the Exploration Ground Systems Program and Kennedy leadership, stand in front of the massive, gray Crawler Transporter 2. One person near the center holds the certificate from the Guinness World Records.

Credits: NASA/Joel Kowsky; NASA/Isaac Watson

#SLS #Rocket #CrawlerTransporter #Moon #MoonRocket #RecordBreaker

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rocket, moon, recordbreaker, crawlertransporter, artemis, sls, moonrocket

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