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Photo: Space shuttle Discovery is transported to launchpad
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Space shuttles travel to the launchpad on a big vehicle called a crawler transporter. This one is carrying the shuttle Discovery. The crawler transporter moves very slowly, and it takes about five hours to get the shuttle to the launchpad.
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