Launch of the Ares I-X
NASA’s Ares I-X test rocket lifted off Oct. 28, 2009, at 11:30 a.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center in Florida for a two-minute powered flight. The flight test lasted about six minutes from its launch from the newly modified Launch Complex 39B until splashdown of the rocket’s booster stage nearly 150 miles downrange.
Did anyone else watch the on-board video of the launch? It seems like a much smoother ride then the shuttle. But even more interesting is that there isn’t a bunch of crap falling off of it, even though it’s just the first launch…
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