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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://fosstodon.org/users/AkaSci/statuses/115907863832393349">AkaSci 🛰️ (akasci@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 19-Jan-2026 23:24:41 JST</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci" title="akasci@fosstodon.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/20805-48-20221219024513.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="AkaSci 🛰️" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">AkaSci 🛰️</a><div><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/115907828881411969" rel="in-reply-to">in reply to</a></div></section><article><p>The crawler-transporter is able to raise and lower its sides and corners independently using its hydraulic system. It uses its hydraulic suspension to keep the mobile platform and rocket level, as it climbs up the 2.9 degree slope to the the launch pad.</p><p><a href="https://www3.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/combined_crawler-transporters_fact_sheet_final.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www3.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/combined_crawler-transporters_fact_sheet_final.pdf</a><br>More pics at <a href="https://images.nasa.gov/search?q=crawler&amp;page=1&amp;media=image,video,audio&amp;yearStart=1920&amp;yearEnd=2026" rel="nofollow">https://images.nasa.gov/search?q=crawler&amp;page=1&amp;media=image,video,audio&amp;yearStart=1920&amp;yearEnd=2026</a><br>6/n</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6062270#notice-11959446">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-01-19T23:24:41+09:00" title="Monday, 19-Jan-2026 23:24:41 JST">about 5 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/115907863832393349" rel="external" title="Sent from fosstodon.org via ActivityPub">fosstodon.org</a></span></span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/115907863832393349">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/5696387">Space Shuttle Discovery makes its way up the 5 percent grade to the hardstand of Launch Pad 39B at KSC. First motion for the 4.2-mile journey was at 1:58 a.m. EDT. The Space Shuttle rests on a Mobile Launcher Platform that sits atop a Crawler-Transporter.    Date Created:2005-06-15
    Photographer:NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administrationhttps://images.nasa.gov/details/05pd1329</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/907/843/535/526/797/original/579bdede8db2b30d.png" rel="external">https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/907/843/535/526/797/original/579bdede8db2b30d.png</a></li><li><article><header><div>No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.</div><h5><a href="https://images.nasa.gov/search?q=crawler&amp;page=1&amp;media=image,video,audio&amp;yearStart=1920&amp;yearEnd=2026">NASA Image and Video Library</a></h5><div></div></header><div>NASA Image and Video Library, serving up consolidated imagery and videos in one searchable location. Users can download content in multiple sizes and resolutions and see the metadata associated with images, including EXIF/camera data on many images.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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The crawler-transporter is able to raise and lower its sides and corners independently using its hydraulic system. It uses its hydraulic suspension to keep the mobile platform and rocket level, as it climbs up the 2.9 degree slope to the the launch pad.
https://www3.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/combined_crawler-transporters_fact_sheet_final.pdf
More pics at https://images.nasa.gov/search?q=crawler&page=1&media=image,video,audio&yearStart=1920&yearEnd=2026
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1. Space Shuttle Discovery makes its way up the 5 percent grade to the hardstand of Launch Pad 39B at KSC. First motion for the 4.2-mile journey was at 1:58 a.m. EDT. The Space Shuttle rests on a Mobile Launcher Platform that sits atop a Crawler-Transporter. Date Created:2005-06-15 Photographer:NASA or National Aeronautics and Space Administration https://images.nasa.gov/details/05pd1329
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