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Move over space shuttle; here comes the NASA Ares 1-X

The towering 327-foot-tall Ares I-X rocket (the legendary Saturn V is 36 feet taller) moves away from the Vehicle Assembly Building for launch pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. , Oct. 20, 2009. Full Article at Christian Science Monitor

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