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NASA's Ares 1-X Test: The View From Above
Thu, 2009-11-05 20:14 — sciencestaff
Hundreds of cameras watched NASA's Ares 1-X launch last week, the test of NASA's maybe-successor to the space shuttles, but none had a more complete view than one on board a small Cessna Skymaster, which the space agency had circling...
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