Ares 1-X Successfully Launched
The weather cooperated today, allowing NASA to launch the Ares 1-X test vehicle at 11:30 this morning. The two minute powered flight reached an estimated altitude of about 28 miles. The first stage splashed down in the ocean about four minutes later and will be recovered. The mock upper stage was not intended to be recovered.
The fate of the Ares 1 program is still under consideration in Washington as policymakers deliberate on the results of the Augustine committee.
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