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First Rocket Parts of NASA’s New Launch System Arrive in Florida

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

November 4, 2008

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The first major
flight hardware of the Ares I-X rocket has arrived in Florida to begin
preparation for the inaugural test flight of the agency’s next-generation
launch system. The test flight is targeted for July 12, 2009.

The Ares I-X upper stage simulator traveled to Port Canaveral aboard
the Delta Mariner, a ship that also transports the Delta IV rocket for
United Launch Alliance. The journey began Oct. 22 on the Ohio River as the
barge traveled toward the Mississippi River for its voyage to Port
Canaveral. By Nov. 6, the flight hardware will have been moved off the
barge into high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy
Space Center.

The upper stage simulator consists of 11 individual components that
were designed and manufactured during a two-year period at NASA’s Glenn
Research Center in Cleveland. The components represent the size, outer
shape and weight of the second stage of the Ares I rocket, and will be
integrated together in the Vehicle Assembly Building. The upper stage
simulator eventually will be stacked atop the solid rocket booster segments
of the Ares I-X rocket.

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