New orbital rockets named Ares 1 and 5 by NASA
In a nod to both the Apollo program and to Mars as an eventual destination for astronauts, NASA has named its new shuttle-derived orbital rockets the Ares 1 and Ares 5. Ares, the Greek name for Mars, "connects to our vision of going to the moon, Mars and beyond," Associate Administrator for...
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