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What is a crawler-transporter used for?
At the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida, a 40 x 34.7 metres crawler-transporter with eight caterpillar tracks carries the space shuttle from the assembly building to the launch pad.
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The space shuttle and crawler-transporter
 
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