Ares I-X was an unmanned suborbital test flight for the Ares I rocket project. The objectives of the flight were to demonstrate controllability, perform in-flight staging at 130,000 feet, characterize roll torque at 150,000 feet, demonstrate first stage entry dynamics after staging, and assemble and recover the first stage. The test vehicle was 327 feet tall and weighed 1.8 million pounds at ignition, with a maximum acceleration of 2.5 g's and speed of Mach 4.8.

1. Ares I-X Status July 30, 2009

3. Orion Crew Module/ Launch Abort System (CM/LAS) Simulator 4/09 6/09 National Aeronautics and Space Administration

4. Upper Stage Simulator (USS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 6/09 7/09

5. Roll Control System (RoCS) National Aeronautics and Space Administration 4/09 4/09

6. First Stage National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7/09 7/09

7. Avionics National Aeronautics and Space Administration 7/09 7/09 5/09

8. Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) Operations National Aeronautics and Space Administration artist concept 5/09

9. Modal Testing National Aeronautics and Space Administration 5/09

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