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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - The crawler transporter slowly moves the Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP), carrying a set of twin solid rocket boosters, along the crawlerway in support of engineering analysis vibration tests on the crawler and MLP. The crawler is moving at various speeds up to 1 mph in an effort to achieve vibration data gathering goals as it leaves the VAB and then returns. The boosters are braced at the top for stability. The primary purpose of these rollout tests is to gather data to develop future maintenance requirements on the transport equipment and the flight hardware. Various parts of the MLP and crawler transporter have been instrumented with vibration data collection equipment.
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Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Latest Overall Look of Pad 39A. NASA public domain image. Kennedy space center.
Zusammenfassung
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - Im Kennedy Space Center der NASA in Florida sieht die Startrampe 39A aus wie nach dem Start von STS-135, der letzten Space-Shuttle-Mission am 8. Juli 2011. Diese Ansicht zeigt den Flammengraben, in dem Rauch und Flammen aus den beiden Feststoffraketen des Shuttles vom Polster abgelenkt wurden. Sowohl die Startrampe 39A als auch die 39B-Startrampe 39A wurden ursprünglich für die Apollo / Saturn V-Raketen gebaut, die amerikanische Astronauten auf ihre historischen Reisen zum Mond starteten und später modifiziert, um das 30-jährige Shuttle-Programm zu unterstützen. Weitere Informationen zur Startrampe 39A finden Sie unter: http: / / www.nasa.gov / mission _ pages / shuttle / launch / launch-complex39-toc.html Bildnachweis: NASA / Dan Casper