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NASAmanagers are reviewing options that would let the space agency launch the Ares I-X test rocket Thursday or Friday in case today's planned launch is scrubbed.
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's newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight - but forecasters say there's a 60 percent chance that rain and clouds could interfere.
NASA: Next generation. NASA's slender white Ares 1-X towers some 327 feet above its launch pad, with the space shuttle Atlantis in the distance being prepared for a November launch. When (or if) completed, the Ares 1 and its Orion crew capsule will become NASA's newest taxi to low-Earth orbit. (NASA) From Christian Science Monitor: NASA’s Ares 1-X rocket is...
Filed at 6:14 a.m. ETRelated (October 26, 2009) RSS FeedCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- newest rocket is on the verge of blasting off on a test flight.The Ares I-X rocket is set to lift off Tuesday morning. But forecasters say there's a 60 percent chance that rain and clouds could delay the experimental flight.It's the first step in NASA's effort to return astronauts to the moon.The flight will...
NASA's Ares 1-X rocket is standing tall on the pad, waiting for what NASAmanagers hope will be its 2 minutes of fame. That's about how long Ares 1-X will remain in the sky during its up-and-down test flight, currently scheduled for Oct. 27. The launch is set for 8 a.m. ...
The head of NASA’s Constellation Program of rockets and a capsule that are supposed to return astronauts to the moon lashed out at President Barack Obama’s space review committee in a scathing e-mail, calling the panel’s findings speculative and in...
NASA sends 2 spacecraft into the moon's south pole, but without the promised live photos NASA bulldozed two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice.
NASA smacked two spacecraft into the lunar south pole Friday morning in a search for hidden ice. But the big live public splash people anticipated didn’t quite happen.
This image provided by NASA shows an image taken shortly after the Centaur rocket impacted the moon taken from the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite Friday morning Oct. 9, 2009. This still image from the 1902 silent film "Le Voyage Dans La Lune", written and directed by Georges Méliès, shows "the man in the moon" with a bullet-shaped space capsule...