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  2. Ares I-X - Wikipedia

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    Ares I-X was the first-stage prototype and design concept demonstrator of Ares I, a launch system for human spaceflight developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Ares I-X was successfully launched on October 28, 2009. [1] [2] The project cost was $445 million. [3] It was the final launch from LC-39B until Artemis 1 ...

  3. Ares I - Wikipedia

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    Ares I-X launches from Kennedy Space Center launch pad 39B on October 28, 2009. The Ares I igniter was an advanced version of the flight-proven igniter used on the Space Shuttle's solid rocket boosters.

  4. List of Constellation missions - Wikipedia

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    Artist's rendition of the docking of Orion to the ISS Ares I-X launches from LC-39B, 15:30 UTC, October 28, 2009.. The Constellation Program was NASA's planned future human spaceflight program between 2005 and 2009, which aimed to develop a new crewed spacecraft and a pair of launchers (Ares I and Ares V) to continue servicing the International Space Station and return to the Moon.

  5. Constellation program - Wikipedia

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    The mission would utilize the hardware of the Constellation Project, primarily the Orion spacecraft (or a variation based on the Orion), and the Ares V cargo-launch vehicle. [34] A design study utilizing Constellation launch vehicles, known as Design Reference Architecture 5.0, was completed in 2009. In DRA 5.0, a Mars mission would have ...

  6. 2009 in spaceflight - Wikipedia

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    The launch of Ares I-X. Although not a spaceflight in its own right, the Ares I-X test flight was conducted on 28 October, with the rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center at 15:30 GMT. The flight was successful and reached an altitude of around 46 kilometres (29 mi), within the upper atmosphere.

  7. Years after space shuttle retirement, Florida chases nearly ...

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    Shuttle program ended 12 years ago. But now the world's busiest spaceport is rewriting another record for 2023: The number of orbital rocket launches.

  8. File:Ares I-X launch.ogv - Wikipedia

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    Ares_I-X_launch.ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 2 min 40 s, 320 × 240 pixels, 239 kbps overall, file size: 4.54 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons . Information from its description page there is shown below.

  9. Musk's SpaceX preparing to launch tender offer in Dec at $135 ...

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    (Reuters) -Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to launch a tender offer in December to sell existing shares at a price of $135 per share, two sources familiar with the matter said. The tender offer ...