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Ares I-X Liftoff Set for Tomorrow Morning

6:52 PM Mon, Oct 26, 2009 |
Jeremy Desel
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ares1xonpad.jpgFrom NASA Kennedy:
The Ares I-X flight test vehicle is poised on Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B and is ready to fly. The launch team reports no issues with the 327-foot rocket, the world's largest at present.

The only spoiler when tomorrow morning's launch window opens at 8 a.m. EDT might be the weather. Currently, there only is a 40 percent chance of favorable weather during the window, which extends until noon. The team will have the same four-hour window for a launch attempt on Wednesday if Tuesday's liftoff is scrubbed, and Wednesday's weather shows a slight improvement to 60 percent "go."

The launch team of approximately 30 members will have their "call to stations" at 12:30 a.m., leading into the beginning of the seven-hour countdown at 1 a.m.




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