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  2. Launching gantry - Wikipedia

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    Underslung (lower-beam) launching gantry used for Skyline guideway construction (2015). A launching gantry (also called bridge building crane, and bridge-building machine) is a special-purpose mobile gantry crane used in bridge construction, specifically segmental bridges that use precast box girder bridge segments or precast girders in highway and high-speed rail bridge construction projects.

  3. In an unprecedented feat, SpaceX uses robot arms to capture ...

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    The astronauts will launch atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket and fly to the moon aboard a Lockheed Martin-built Orion capsule. The crew will transfer to the waiting Starship for the descent ...

  4. Movable scaffolding system - Wikipedia

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    A movable scaffolding system (MSS) is a special-purpose self-launching form used in bridge construction, specifically prestressed concrete bridges with segments or spans that are cast in place. The movable scaffolding system is used to support a form while the concrete is cured; once the segment is complete, the scaffold and forms are moved to ...

  5. Gantry crane - Wikipedia

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    A gantry crane is a crane built atop a gantry, which is a structure used to straddle an object or workspace. They can range from enormous "full" gantry cranes, capable of lifting some of the heaviest loads in the world, to small shop cranes, used for tasks such as lifting automobile engines out of vehicles.

  6. Service structure - Wikipedia

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    Space Shuttle Discovery is carried by a Crawler-transporter, a launch tower is visible in the background. A service structure is a steel framework or tower that is built on a rocket launch pad to facilitate assembly and servicing. An umbilical tower also usually includes an elevator which allows maintenance and crew access. Immediately before ...

  7. Exclusive: Elon Musk’s X is launching a YouTube clone for ...

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    In a bid to compete with YouTube and recast itself as a video platform, Elon Musk's X is launching a television app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs, a source at the company told Fortune.The ...

  8. Samson and Goliath (cranes) - Wikipedia

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    Goliath (foreground) and Samson (background) in 2018. Samson and Goliath are the twin shipbuilding gantry cranes at Queen's Island, Belfast, Northern Ireland.The cranes, which were named after the Biblical figures Samson and Goliath, dominate the Belfast skyline and are landmark structures.

  9. Talk:Launching gantry - Wikipedia

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    Presumably, a launching gantry is a machine for installing girders but the article is mainly about the girders themselves. Biscuittin ( talk ) 12:40, 1 September 2015 (UTC) [ reply ] Somewhat fixed