NASA Rolls Out Ares I-X Prototype For Launch

Credit: CARLETON BAILIE/AW&ST
NASA was targeting an Oct. 27 launch date for the Ares I-X suborbital crew launch vehicle prototype, after rolling the vehicle to Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B on Oct. 20. Liftoff was set for 8 a.m. EDT, pending a flight test readiness review on Oct. 23. Engineers on the Ares I project...

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