The future of new rocket design was successfully tested when the Ares I-X blasted off on October 28, 2009.
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Glenn Helps Ares I-X Soar
NASA's Ares I-X Ready to Launch
The first flight test of NASA's new rocket configuration to carry astronauts into space will take place October 27.
The Ultimate Long Distance Communication
When NASA engineers designed the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), they knew it would need an extraordinary communications system.
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Ares I-X to be Tested for Stability Before Launch
05.26.09 - The first flight test of NASA's new rocket configuration to carry astronauts into space will take place later this year.
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Ares I-X Segments Travel the Nation's Mighty Rivers
10.24.08 - NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland ships completed segments of the Ares I-X flight test rocket to Kennedy Space Center on the Delta Mariner.
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Lighting up the Lunar Night
12.12.07 - How do you survive where there's no water or wind and sometimes no sunlight for weeks? The answer could be a fuel cell that works in reverse.
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New Work Assignments for Moon Mission
11.01.07 - NASA announced Glenn Research Center's new work assignments under the Constellation Program. The new work relates to the lunar phase of the program, including Ares V, lunar lander and lunar surface operations.
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To the Moon
Glenn's role in the Constellation Program.
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On Mars
Glenn's contributions to the Mars Exploration Rovers.
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Astronaut Health
How Glenn protects lives in space and improves life on Earth.
