Ares I | Ares I-X
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Ares I-X · Launch Complex 39B, Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's 139th launch · 1st this year
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Sep 28, 15:30 – Sep 28, 15:30 UTC
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Ares I-X
The Ares I-X vehicle used in the test flight was similar in shape, mass, and size to the planned configuration of later Ares I vehicles, but had largely dissimilar internal hardware consisting of only one powered stage. Ares I vehicles were intended to launch Orion crew exploration vehicles. Along with the Ares V launch system and the Altair lunar lander, Ares I and Orion were part of NASA's Constellation Program, which was developing the spacecraft for U.S. human spaceflight after the Space Shuttle fleet was retired.
Test Flight · Suborbital (Sub)
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- ARES I-X Launch — NASA's Kennedy Space Center
