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Ares 1-X: Launch
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Having been delayed for bad weather, NASA’s new prototype rocket blasts off on its first successful test flight. Sat poised for launch in the foreground is the next shuttle mission orbiter which the Ares program of rockets were designed to replace.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL

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::verenabloo
10/29/09 6:02 AM GMT
Whoa! This is absolutely collasal!! Verena
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::danika
10/29/09 6:20 AM GMT
A powerful image ... I'd think this would be neat to see in person. Thanks for sharing.
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.Jhihmoac
10/29/09 11:16 AM GMT
I like this presentation...The old and the new of the current space program...Favs...
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::Inkeri
10/30/09 12:42 AM GMT
Powerful and Very Beautiful view..Fantastic photo Phil.
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