Aerial View of Ares 1-X Flight Test Launch

An aerial video crew observed the October 28, 2009 Ares I-X test flight from a Cessna Skymaster aircraft positioned approx. 10 nautical miles away from the vehicle at an altitude of 12,000 feet. The videographer used a gyro-stabilized high-definition camera system mounted to the outside of the aircraft to capture this spectacular footage which provides extremely valuable engineering data, and imagery of the recovery sequence in rarely-seen detail. Ares I-X is the first flight test of the Constellation Program and provides NASA an early opportunity to gather critical data during vehicle ascent and during booster deceleration and recovery.

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Science & Technology

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• Ares
• Ares 1-X
• NASA
• Spaceflight
• Launch

[moonbeammustang]

I watched again and noticed that another chute wasn't fully open which left only one good chute. I sure hope it didn't damage the booster too bad on splashdown.

[basvg1]

See my video 'Ares 1-X Launch Parachute Failure': watch?v=YSTuKzYuQ0Q

[billmcd2009]

Nice video dude. I like this perspective. and ya the booster from what i heard had a pretty nasty dent in the side of it.

[Reptar2]

chute fail?

[moonbeammustang]

wow!! Pretty dramatic with that third large chute ripping. I'm sure they'll look into why that happened. Thats what these test are for though. Testing and learning. Evaluating and making changes for the better.