Photo of the week 776 (September 7, 2019)

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Author	Topic: Photo of the week 776 (September 7, 2019)
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 09-06-2019 12:03 PM Half a century ago this week, the Saturn 5 carrying Apollo 12 arrived at Launch Pad 39A after a 3.5 mile trip from the Vehicle Assembly Building. The crawler-transporter carried the 12.8 million pound vehicle (CSM-108, LM-6, Saturn-507) at a rate of one mile per hour.
randy Member Posts: 2176 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999	posted 09-06-2019 07:42 PM I'll never tire of seeing scenes like this. Keep 'em coming!
Jonnyed Member Posts: 396 From: Dumfries, VA, USA Registered: Aug 2014	posted 09-07-2019 02:37 PM Hmm... those puffy clouds look beautiful now. Come November there might be lightning on the horizon!
Cozmosis22 Member Posts: 968 From: Texas * Earth Registered: Apr 2011	posted 09-07-2019 02:49 PM Love that image with the huge liquid hydrogen storage tank in the foreground. Seem to recall that at least with the shuttle stack the transporter moved at just 1/2 a mile per hour.

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