NASA’s Rocket Test Gets Green Light – Ares 1-X Launch a Success

Featured on Episode 8 of the 2009-2010 season, aired on Wednesday, November 4, 2009.
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The skies cleared as we finished taping last week's NewsDepth - and NASA got the green light for its newest rocket, the Ares 1-X. NASA says the rocket is the world's largest - and the first step toward returning to the moon. A large crowd gathered at Kennedy Space Center to see the launch, the first of a new rocket there in thirty years. The launch was considered a great success. Cleveland's NASA Glenn Research Center built the upper stage of the rocket.

Additional Information:
NASA Ares Page
NASA Home Page includes video of launch
More about Ares from Plain Dealer 10-23-09
More from Fox News including slide show of rockets
More from Plain Dealer 10-25-09
Behind the scenes video at space.com
NASA Glenn Research Center

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