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The Ares I-X is the first test flight of the Ares configuration. The first stage of the Ares uses the same type of solid rocket motors that the Space Shuttle uses for its Solid Rocket Boosters. The Space Shuttle uses a stack of 4 solid rocket segments. The Ares uses a stack of 5 solid rocket se...
We couldn't even catch a break when it came to a routine space flight, as pieces of the Space Shuttle Columbia and her seven-member crew disintegrated on ... and more »
Mon, Dec 28 | from The Kingston Whig-Standard