NASA’s Ares I-X rocket launch has been scrubbed after delays due to clouds and winds, a stuck probe cover, and an unexpected cargo ship in the rocket’s “danger zone.” NASA will try again on Wednesday. Read More at National Geographic…
NASA is hoping calmer weather Wednesday will permit a second-attempt launch of a prototype rocket that could take astronauts back to the Moon, and perhaps one day also send them to Mars. Read More at AFP via Yahoo! News…
Washington – A next generation space rocket stood ready for its first flight Wednesday, standing by to test the technology that is to carry astronauts into orbit after planned retirement of the current US space shuttle programme. The 100-metre tall w… Read More at EARTHtimes.org…
After a serise of lightning strikes overnight, NASA has briefly delayed the launch of the Ares 1-X test rocket. The space agency now hopes for a lift-off around 9:08 am. Read More at FOX 61 Chattanooga…
Washington – The test launch of the next generation space rocket, Ares I-X, was again at the mercy of questionable weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Wednesday. The launch had been scrubbed a day earlier due to clouds, and o… Read More at EARTHtimes.org…
NASA’s Ares 1-X rocket sits on a launch pad at Kennedy Space Center. Weather conditions may hold up the launch Read More at Fox News…
Washington – The test launch of the next generation space rocket, Ares I-X, was delayed again Tuesday due to questionable weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. The call to delay the launch came in the final minutes of countdown a… Read More at EARTHtimes.org…
The US space agency has postponed the test launch of the Ares I-X rocket designed to replace the Space Shuttle fleet and one day take astronauts to the Moon and Mars. Read More at Daily Mail: World News…
Ares 1-X, meant as space shuttle replacement, delayed by weather. Read More at ABC News…
Nasa was today forced to postpone the launch of its newest rocket ? one that it hopes will help return man to the Moon ? because of cloud, a stuck probe cover, and even a misdirected cargo ship. Read More at Times Online…