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Author	Topic: Photo of the week 779 (September 28, 2019)
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 09-28-2019 02:49 AM The crawler makes its way up the incline at Launch Pad 39A to pick up the Mobile Service Structure surrounding AS-508, the launch vehicle for Apollo 13. The MSS was retracted in preparation for the Countdown Demonstration Test in March 1970.
Ian Limbrey Member Posts: 124 From: England Registered: Nov 2012	posted 09-28-2019 08:39 AM Unusual photo as I have never seen the crawler and the mobile service structure on their own without a Saturn V within the vicinity.
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 09-28-2019 08:54 AM And yet there is a Saturn V in there somewhere.
LM-12 Member Posts: 3208 From: Ontario, Canada Registered: Oct 2010	posted 09-28-2019 09:40 AM I have seen a photo of the MSS alone on the pad, without a Mobile Launcher. Maybe it was a fit check, or something like that. Another odd photo was the ML-1 "milkstool" on Pad 39B in 1978. It was there because of shuttle-era modifications at the VAB.
astro-nut Member Posts: 946 From: Washington, IL Registered: Jan 2006	posted 09-30-2019 11:11 AM Another great photo! Thanks for sharing.

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