ARES I-X Launch

Rising into the Florida sky, the 327-foot rocket thunders away from the launch pad, marking the first time a new vehicle has launched from the complex since the first space shuttle launch in 1981.

The mission will last two minutes, during which constant data received from the rocket.

At about the T+2 minute point in the flight, the upper stage simulator and first stage will separate at approximately 130,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. The unpowered simulator will splash down in the ocean. The first stage will be fired for a controlled ocean landing with parachutes that will allow recovery by one of NASA's booster recovery ships, while the other ship tracks the upper stage.

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[Nuaetius1]

@101southsideboy Sorry no he did have another program in mind, see ULA, SpaceX, Oribtal, etc etc

[crucial2025]

jasong19711 and 24dupontracer24 you gay guys are just saying that shit cause he's black. If he was white you'd be saying all that kitty shit. You must be KKK members but watch out!!!!!! Bush messed up the 1st time everybody knows it. Get educated fools.

[101southsideboy]

For some who claims he is pro NASA the president sure made a bone head move by scubbing the program with out a new program in mind

[jasong19711]

yeah Obama pretty much sucks dead rhino cock as far as I am concerned!

[24dupontracer24]

NO, Not back to the moon. thanks to President dumbshit Obama

[joachim2464]

that was the situation 3 months ago before they cancelled the constellation. The ISS is likely be extended to after 2020. Things change:) My source was the report from the Augustine commision

[Silmacar]

ISS not in orbit after 2020? Weird idea. Source?

[jasong19711]

back to the Moon and about time too!!!

[Creepingdeathx81]

This was an unmanned mission right?

[joachim2464]

The ISS will not be in orbit after 2020. A mars mission is not realistic until 2050