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NASA’s New Spacecraft,Ares I X

NASA’s New Spacecraft,Ares I X:NASA’s first flight test for the agency’s next-generation spacecraft and launch vehicle system, called Ares I-X, will bring NASA one step closer to its exploration goals. The flight test will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. A “Go Ares I-X!” banner on the perimeter fence of Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida reflects the excitement building in Kennedy’s work force in anticipation of the flight test of the towering 327-foot-tall rocket.NASA