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.
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Archive for October 27, 2009
Catalogue of problems cause Nasa to call off rocket launch
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.
NASA readies for test launch of new rocket
NASA’s newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight, but minor problems are causing last-minute delays.
As NASA tests new rocket, long-range mission remains unclear
It emerged just after midnight last Tuesday, bolted down and gleaming under the floodlights. This was the biggest debut since King Kong, joked the aerospace folks. The Ares I-X is the world’s tallest rocket, 327 feet high, and it began the long crawl toward the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Cen…
Fly me to the Moon: Nasa counts down for first test of new Ares I-X rocket
The US space agency today began the countdown for the test launch of a rocket designed to replace the ageing space shuttle fleet and one day take astronauts to the Moon and Mars.
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NASA counts down for Mars rocket test
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (AFP) Oct 27, 2009 The US space agency began the countdown Tuesday for the test launch of a rocket designed to replace the aging space shuttle fleet and one day take astronauts to the Moon and Mars.
In Brook Park, NASA Glenn Research personnel await launch of Ares test rocket
The scheduled launch Tuesday of the rocket that NASA intends to use to go to the moon includes heavy steel sheets bent into half pipes at NASA Glenn Research Center, welded into tubes and painted.