Just moving out the moon-bound rocket to the launch pad was an incredible engineering feat. Watch how NASA got it done.

NASA’s Crawler-transporter 2 moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. The crawler will transport NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) ...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — It is an iconic machine whose work has spanned nearly the entire history of NASA. And without it, the Saturn V rocket and space shuttle launches would not have been possible.

There is incredible physics behind moving the 98-metre-tall SLS rocket. With hydraulic levelling and river rock roads, Nasa safely transported its Moon rocket to Launch Pad 39B.

The rocket is about to traverse four miles to the launchpad — at about 1 mph.