The Ares 1-X test rocket (R) lifts off on a six-minute suborbital flight from launch pad 39B as the space shuttle Atlantis (L) sits on launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, October 28, 2009. The test rocket is being evaluated as a vehicle to replace the space shuttle for US manned spaceflight. Atlantis is scheduled for launch on a mission to the International Space Station on November 16. [Agencies]