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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, screening equipment is operating to separate pulverized Alabama river rock from stones still usable in the crawlerway leading from the Vehicle Assembly Building VAB to the launch pads. The rock no longer suitable for the crawlerway will be reused in other areas of the spaceport. After years of wear from the weight of space shuttles being transported to the launch pads, the crawlerway was in need of resurfacing in preparation for future programs. The Ground Systems Development and Operations GSDO Program office at Kennedy is working to upgrade the two 40-foot-wide pathways the crawler-transporter will travel as it transports vehicles such as NASA's Space Launch System SLS rocket from the VAB to the launch pad. For more: http:__www.nasa.gov_exploration_systems_ground_crawlerway_upgrades.html Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann