
Members of the media stop to photograph the ARES I-X as it sits on launch pad 39-B reflected in a pond during sunset at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 26 October 2009. The ARES I-X stands 327 feet at a cost of $445 million, and is the proposed rocket of the next generation of space travel vehicles with a scheduled test launch date of 27 October 2009. The flight test will provide NASA with an opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

The ARES I-X sits on launch pad 39-B reflected in a pond during sunset at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 26 October 2009. The ARES I-X stands 327 feet at a cost of $445 million, and is the proposed rocket of the next generation of space travel vehicles with a scheduled test launch date of 27 October 2009. The flight test will provide NASA with an opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER

The ARES I-X sits on launch pad 39-B reflected in a pond during sunset at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 26 October 2009. The ARES I-X stands 327 feet at a cost of 445 US million dollars, and is the proposed rocket of the next generation of space travel vehicles with a scheduled test launch date of 27 October 2009. The flight test will provide NASA with an opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER

The ARES I-X sits on launch pad 39-B reflected in a pond during sunset at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 26 October 2009. The ARES I-X stands 327 feet at a cost of $445 million, and is the proposed rocket of the next generation of space travel vehicles with a scheduled test launch date of 27 October 2009. The flight test will provide NASA with an opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

The ARES I-X sits on launch pad 39-B reflected in a pond during sunset at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 26 October 2009. The ARES I-X stands 327 feet at a cost of $445 million, and is the proposed rocket of the next generation of space travel vehicles with a scheduled test launch date of 27 October 2009. The flight test will provide NASA with an opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. EPA/GARY I ROTHSTEIN

The ARES I-X sits on launch pad 39-B reflected in a pond during sunset at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, 26 October 2009. The ARES I-X stands 327 feet at a cost of 445 US million dollars, and is the proposed rocket of the next generation of space travel vehicles with a scheduled test launch date of 27 October 2009. The flight test will provide NASA with an opportunity to test and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I. EPA/JUSTIN DERNIER
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