VIDEO: NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Launches
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 - 16:21
in Astronomy & Space
NASA this morning launched a prototype of its first new rocket in nearly 30 years. The Ares I-X is a precursor of the rocket that could launch humans back to the moon and carry the space shuttle's replacement spacecraft, Orion. ...
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