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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 as a cone of moisture forms from air compression 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 U.S. manned spaceflight. [Agencies] NASA's new moon rocket makes first test flight