Bad weather is likely to keep the Marshall Space Flight Centre-developed Ares I-X test rocket grounded Tuesday, but NASA is hopeful clouds and lightning will blow away for a next-day launch, space agency managers said. NASA has a four-hour window on Tuesday and Wednesday - 7 to 11 a.m. Central Time - to launch Ares I-X on its two-minute test flight. Source
NASA Sets Ares I-X Prelaunch Events and Countdown Details News conferences, events and operating hours for the news centre at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida are set for the upcoming Ares I-X flight test. The rocket is targeted to lift off at 8 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The launch will be carried live on NASA Television and streamed on the agency's Web site.
NASA started a final push Tuesday toward its long-anticipated Ares I-X test flight after moving the world's tallest rocket to its Kennedy Space Centre launch pad. Standing 327-feet tall -- or 15 stories taller than the space shuttle -- the Ares I-X emerged from the Vehicle Assembly Building bathed in blinding floodlights.
NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Arrives at Launch Pad in Florida For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
NASA has rescheduled the rollout of the Ares I-X rocket to Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida to the 20th October, 2009. The first motion of the Ares I-X out of Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building is targeted for 4:01 GMT (12:01 a.m. EDT).
Gas leak forces delay of rollout for Ares I-X Launch team must replace hydraulic accumulator NASA and ATK employees are working to solve why a nitrogen gas leak on the Ares I-X test rocket popped up this week at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
Steering System Glitch Delays Ares I-X Rollout The rollout of NASA's towering Ares I-X rocket is being delayed at least a day so technicians can replace a faulty part within its steering system.