Ares Rocket Rolled to Launch Pad

Even with the recent news that future manned space flights might be delayed, NASA this week has rolled out its first test rocket -- The Ares 1-X -- that could be used to send man into space. Under the current plan, the rocket would be used beginning in 2016 to send the first astronauts into space aboard a new Orion space capsule.

It took NASA almost 8 hours to slowly transport the rocket from the construction area to the launching pad at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Preparations will continue to be made to the rocket during the coming week, when an expected test launch around October 27.

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