NASA Rocket To Launch Tuesday

Submitted by zankfrappa on Mon, 10/26/2009 at 7:42am.

     Nasa's Ares I-X rocket is set to launch from Florida Tuesday, 10/27 at AM 8:00
EST.  The impressive 327-foot-tall rocket is one of Nasa's next generation space vehicles,
as the agency begins to phase out the space shuttle, which only has six missions
left.
     You can view the launch at NasaTV or Nasa.gov.  The current weather shows
a 40% chance of clear skies.

» posted in zankfrappa's Blog
 

Comments:

by zankfrappa - 35 days ago
Virginia United States
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 2671

     Oh yes, parachutes are back, the strongest rocket parachutes ever built!

by Crazychessplaya - 35 days ago
Warsaw Poland
Member Since: May 2009
Member Points: 1512

Zank, does the Ares I-X have re-entry capability? And if not, it would seem that the old-school parachute landings are back...

 

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