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Prototype Ares rocket takes test

Guests in the VIP viewing area await the countdown for the launch of ...

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The Ares 1-X test rocket lifts off on a six-minute suborbital flight ...

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Guests of NASA watch the Ares 1-X test rocket lift off on a six-minute ...

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NASA Administrator Bolden arrives at the VIP viewing site for the Ares ...

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The Ares 1-X test rocket lifts off on a six-minute suborbital flight ...

Source: Reuters
NASA technicians attempt to pull a lanyard and cover off of a five-...

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Guests in the VIP viewing area await the countdown for the launch of ...

For the first time since 1981, the rocket that took off from a Kennedy Space Center launching pad yesterday was not a space shuttle. With a clearing in a partly cloudy sky, the Ares I-X -- a prototype of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's next-generation Ares I rocket -- zipped off at...

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After a long, nerve-wracking wait, NASA's Ares I-X rocket finally takes to ...

News Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer | about 1 month ago

For an untested rocket, Ares I-X flew like an old pro...It was the things that mission managers could do nothing about, namely lightning and clouds, that almost caused a second consecutive day of frustration. Late in the morning, with only about 30...
NASA rocket launched successfully

News Source: Press TV | about 1 month ago

Ares I-X test rocket has successfully lifted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a day after bad weather delayed its launch...The flight test took about six minutes from its launch until the splashdown of the rocket's booster stage. The launch...
NASA's Ares I-X rocket successfully completes flight test

News Source: NewKerala | about 1 month ago

The 327-foot tall Ares I-X test vehicle produced 2.6 million pounds of thrust to accelerate the rocket to nearly 3 g�s and Mach 4.76, just shy of hypersonic speed. It capped its easterly flight at a sub-orbital altitude of 150,000 feet after the...
Prototype Ares rocket takes test

News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | about 1 month ago

For the first time since 1981, the rocket that took off from a Kennedy Space Center launching pad yesterday was not a space shuttle. With a clearing in a partly cloudy sky, the Ares I-X -- a prototype of the National Aeronautics and Space...
Ares I-X flies -- but will program?

News Source: Orlando Sentinel Online | about 1 month ago

Looking like a giant white pencil gleaming in the midday sun, the 327-foot-tall rocket soared off Launch Pad 39B at 11:30 a.m., riding a huge column of flame and almost 3 million pounds of thrust. Two minutes later and 24 miles high, the first stage...
NASA will attempt Aries I-X launch again today

News Source: The News-Times | about 1 month ago

An estimated 154 lightning strikes were reported within a five-mile radius of the launch pad overnight. Launch controllers were retesting the Ares I-X rocket systems to make sure nothing was damaged...The White House may scrap it, however, in favor...