Crawler Clears VAB's Highbay 2 for Commercial Partner

During a practice run, crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) is moving inside High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 1, 2019. In view at right is one of the cabs used to drive the crawler. CT-2 picked up the space shuttle-era mobile launch platform-3 (MLP-3). The VAB is getting its first commercial tenant. Northrop Grumman signed a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA for use of the facilities. The company will assemble and test its new OmegA rocket inside the massive facility’s High Bay 2. The company also will modify MLP-3 to serve as the launch vehicle’s assembly and launch platform. Northrop Grumman is developing the OmegA rocket, an intermediate/heavy-class launch vehicle, as part of a launch services agreement with the U.S. Air Force.

During a practice run, crawler-transporter 2 (CT-2) is moving inside High Bay 2 of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 1, 2019. In view at right is one of the cabs used to drive the crawler. CT-2 picked up the space shuttle-era mobile launch platform-3 (MLP-3). The VAB is getting its first commercial tenant. Northrop Grumman signed a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement with NASA for use of the facilities. The company will assemble and test its new OmegA rocket inside the massive facility’s High Bay 2. The company also will modify MLP-3 to serve as the launch vehicle’s assembly and launch platform. Northrop Grumman is developing the OmegA rocket, an intermediate/heavy-class launch vehicle, as part of a launch services agreement with the U.S. Air Force.

Photographer NASA/Kim Shiflett
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