Pic of the NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 near the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasakennedy/55041637063/in/album-72157700246421144/

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   AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 19-Jan-2026 22:04:11 JST AkaSci 🛰️

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   Knock knock!

   It is NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 arriving at the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC for a pick-up!

   Tomorrow morning Jan. 17, at ~7 a.m. EST. it will transport NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft + Mobile Launcher to Launch Pad 39B in preparation for the Artemis II crewed mission around the Moon on ~6 Feb.

   At about one mph, the four-mile journey will take 10-12 hours.

   Livestream starts at 7 a.m. at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrVnsO_rdew

   https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/16/artemis-ii-moon-rocket-ready-for-big-move/
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