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NASA's next generation rocket makes booming debut
Updated On: 29 October, 2009 09:58 AM IST | | Agencies
A giant next generation space rocket on Wednesday shot off its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in the US for its very first test flight.
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A giant next generation space rocket on Wednesday shot off its launch pad at the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida in the US for its very first test flight.
The 100-metre tall Ares I-X rocket sped into the sky over the Florida coast trailing a plume of flames and steam in a trial that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) hoped would provide crucial information about technology that is to replace the ageing space shuttle fleet.
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