This morning NASA fired off the Ares I-X, an unmanned test of the first stage of its first new manned spacecraft since 1981. After the space shuttle disasters, NASA hopes this will be the safest ...

Earlier this year, NASA had hoped to launch the Ares I-X flight in July or August, but had to push the test back several times. Not so for the Oct. 27 target, Philman said.

The test launch and flight of the Ares I-X in April 2009 is a critical milestone in the development of NASA’s Constellation Program that will send astronauts back to the moon.

NASA Television will broadcast b-roll of the Ares I-X from 5:30 to 6 a.m. at analog satellite AMC-6 at 72 degrees west longitude, transponder 5C, 3800 MHz, vertical polarization, with audio at 6.8 ...

NASAThe Ares I-X is ready to fly. The test flight of NASA's new Ares I-X rocket is officially a "go" for 8 a.m. Tuesday morning as long as the weather cooperates, mission managers said this afternoon.

NASA Ares X blasts off carrying experiments, hopes of future unmanned space flight With a hiss and roar NASA’s Ares X rocket blasted into the atmosphere this at about 11:33 am EST taking with it ...

NASA's Ares I-X experimental rocket completed its first test flight—but the successful endeavor ended on a sour note. The rocket's first booster stage, which splashed down in the ocean as planned six ...

NASA critics say the study is proof of the end of Ares I. But agency officials say that conclusion is premature: At the same time the study is going on, they are also drawing up new plans for Ares I.

NASA has said both problems are being addressed, and officials note that Ares I-X cleared the launchpad effortlessly. The agency is still waiting data about any vibrations during its flight.

A bow shock forms around the Constellation Program's 327-foot-tall Ares I-X test rocket traveling at supersonic speed during its Oct. 28, 2009 launch from the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- If NASA can't get the $445 million Ares I-X test rocket off Launch Pad 39B today, then the space agency may shoot for Friday, a NASA official said. Thursday is also ...