Spaceflight Now | Ares 1-X Mission Report | Ares 1-X rocket blasts off!

The Mission

		Mission: Ares 1-X Launch: Oct. 28, 2009 Window: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT Site: Pad 39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida Mission Status Center High Definition Video Full Video Archive Ares 1-X launch story Launch preview: Part 1 Launch preview: Part 2 Launch preview: Part 3 New weather constraint Countdown timeline Weather criteria list Launch timeline Launch hazard area Ground track Ares 1-X vehicle Line drawing PDF Mission illustration The press kit

Ares 1-X rocket blasts off!

With space shuttle Atlantis in the foreground at launch pad 39A, the Ares 1-X test vehicle lifts off from pad 39B to the north.

Photo credit: Ben Cooper/Spaceflight Now