On August 25, the Ares I solid rocket booster--the rocket that will launch the Orion crew capsule to the moon--will have its first live-fire test. Before a crowd expected in the thousands at the Promontory, Utah, facility of ATK, the primary contractor for the rocket, the crews that have been working on the Ares I for years will finally get a chance to see how the rocket works.
On his Road Trip 2009 project, CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman visited ATK in Promontory and was the first member of the media to see the completed, five-stage, Ares I booster rocket.
Click here for the entire Road Trip 2009 package.
On his Road Trip 2009 project, CNET News reporter Daniel Terdiman visited ATK in Promontory and was the first member of the media to see the completed, five-stage, Ares I booster rocket.
Click here for the entire Road Trip 2009 package.
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