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NASA Continues Ares I-X Flight Test Preparations

August 26, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS

  
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In an Aug. 7 status update, NASA reported the following milestones in the Ares I-X flight test program:

Ares I-X Flight Hardware

  • Super Stack 2 was lifted and mated to Super Stack 1 on Mobile Launcher Platform (MLP) 1 in Vehicle Assembly Building High Bay 3 (VAB HB3).
  • Ballasts (or weights) were placed into Super Stack 2.
  • Super Stack 3 was lifted and mated to Super Stack 2 on MLP 1 in VAB HB3.

Ares I-X Ground Support Equipment

  • At launch pad 39B, modifications continue.

Next Processing Milestones

  • Super Stack 4 lift and mate to Super Stack 3 on MLP 1 in VAB HB3
  • Super Stack 5 lift and mate to Super Stack 4 on MLP 1 in VAB HB3, completing the stacking of the rocket

The pending launch date for the Ares I-X flight test is Oct. 31, on launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

For more information, visit the NASA Constellation Program web page.

Source: NASA.


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