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In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane moves the Ares I-X crew module simulator toward a stand at right, amid other Ares I-X segments stacked around the floor of the bay. </br></br&g t; Ares I-X is the test flight for the Ares I. The flight will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with Ares I. The launch of the 327-foot-tall, full-scale Ares I-X, targeted for July 2009, will be the first in a series of unpiloted rocket launches from Kennedy. When fully developed, the 16-foot diameter crew module will furnish living space and reentry protection for the astronauts. </br> </br> Image credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs</br> Feb. 25, 2009
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In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a crane moves the Ares I-X crew module simulator toward a stand at right, amid other Ares I-X segments stacked around the floor of the bay. </br></br&g t; Ares I-X is the test flight for the Ares I. The flight will provide NASA with an early opportunity to test and prove hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with Ares I. The launch of the 327-foot-tall, full-scale Ares I-X, targeted for July 2009, will be the first in a series of unpiloted rocket launches from Kennedy. When fully developed, the 16-foot diameter crew module will furnish living space and reentry protection for the astronauts. </br> </br> Image credit: NASA/Tim Jacobs</br> Feb. 25, 2009
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