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Glenn Helps Ares I-X Soar

view of ARES I -X launch from distance
11.17.09

The future of new rocket design was successfully tested when the Ares I-X blasted off on October 28, 2009.

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NASA's Ares I-X Ready to Launch

The Ares I-X flight test vehicle.
10.08.09

The first flight test of NASA's new rocket configuration to carry astronauts into space will take place October 27.

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The Ultimate Long Distance Communication

Cratered regions near the moon's Mare Nubium region, as photographed by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
08.19.09

When NASA engineers designed the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), they knew it would need an extraordinary communications system.

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  • Artist concept of an Ares I-X launch

    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.

  • Ares I-X Segments shipped out of Wellsville, Ohio

    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.

  • lunar fuel cell

    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.

  • Ares V rocket

    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.

Mission Support

  • Lunar habitat illustration

    To the Moon

    Glenn's role in the Constellation Program.

  • On Mars

    Glenn's contributions to the Mars Exploration Rovers.

  • Astronaut Health

    How Glenn protects lives in space and improves life on Earth.

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