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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The space shuttle Discovery touched down safely at Kennedy Space Center at 3:14pm EDT on Saturday, after a 13-day voyage.
NASA had scrubbed an earlier planned landing, citing high winds.
“It was a beautiful landing,” NASA launch manager Leroy Kaine said.  “About the only thing that beats a beautiful orbiter landing like this is [...]

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