NASA delays Ares I-X rollout by a day

NASA was scheduled to roll the new Ares I-X rocket out of the Vehicle Assembly Building early Monday, but have delayed it by a few hours. The new rollout time is 12:01 Eastern time (04:01 GMT) Tuesday morning. The whole thing will be on NASA TV if you want to watch.

October 19th, 2009 2:00 PM Tags: Ares I-X
by Phil Plait in NASA, Space | 4 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

4 Responses to “NASA delays Ares I-X rollout by a day”

1. Larian LeQuella Says:
October 19th, 2009 at 2:10 pm

A pox on your blurb! This isn’t a tweet. Why? (Sorry, my news outlets are somewhat limited at work.)
2. IVAN3MAN AT LARGE Says:
October 19th, 2009 at 3:05 pm

Goofing off again, are we, Larian?
3. hale_bopp Says:
October 19th, 2009 at 4:57 pm

Still listed as targeted for October 27th…I will be in Florida and would owe the rocket gods one if it goes.
4. Charles Boyer Says:
October 20th, 2009 at 7:01 am

The real question is whether Ares 1-Y will ever be stacked and flown.

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