Launch Vehicle: Ares 1-X • Test Flight
Launch site: LC-39B, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
The Ares I-X flight test is NASA's first test for the Agency's new Constellation launch vehicle -- Ares I. The Ares program is being developed to replace the space shuttle for launching astronauts. The Ares I-X sub-orbital test flight will provide NASA with an early opportunity to collect valuable engineering data from the vehicle and prove flight characteristics, hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with the Ares I.
Launch Time: Nov. 12, 4:04 p.m. EST
Launch Vehicle: Shuttle Atlantis • ISS ULF 3
Launch site: LC-39A, Kennedy Space Center, Florida
STS-129 will be the 31st U.S. mission to the International Space Station and will return space station crew member Nicole Stott to Earth. The mission will feature three spacewalks. Space shuttle Atlantis will deliver components including two spare gyroscopes, two nitrogen tank assemblies, two pump modules, an ammonia tank assembly and a spare latching end effector for the station's robotic arm to the International Space Station. And, most excitingly, our Seminole Student Signatures in Space poster has been manifested to fly on STS-129. After the mission, we will get the flight certifications and crew photos from the astronaut office and begin shipping posters back to schools. It usually takes about 8 to 12 weeks after the mission concludes to get all posters returned, after which the poster will be displayed at Seminole Ridge High.
