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NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight
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Updated: 2009-10-29 09:54

NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight

The Ares 1-X test rocket lifts off on a six-minute suborbital flight from launch pad 39B 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. [Agencies]