After being scrubbed yesterday due to unfavorable weather conditions, the Ares 1-X launched at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday morning from Cape Canaveral.
The Ares 1-X is the biggest U.S. rocket to venture into space since the Saturn V.
The giant rocket executed a 90-degree roll as part of its test flight to verify the flight control [...]

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UPDATE: View the Ares 1-X launch video here.
Tuesday morning’s NASA rocket launch of the Ares I-X rocket had to be postponed due to weather, a stuck probe cover, and a surprise cargo ship in the rocket’s “danger zone.”
“We had some opportunities, but just couldn’t get there,” test director Jeff Spaulding said. “Weather didn’t [...]

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