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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – In high bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the newly arrived simulator crew module for the Ares I-X rocket is lowered onto a work stand. Ares I-X is the test flight for the Ares I. The I-X flight will provide NASA an early opportunity to test and prove hardware, facilities and ground operations associated with Ares I. The launch of the 321-foot-tall, full-scale Ares I-X, targeted for July 2009, will be the first in a series of unpiloted rocket launches from Kennedy. When fully developed, the 16-foot diameter crew module will furnish living space and reentry protection for the astronauts. Photo credit: NASA/Jack Pfaller KSC-2009-1438
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CMF/Generic Flight Deck - model test
Summary
Overall back-side view of the Generic Flight Deck (GFD) Simulator located in the Cockpit Motion Facility. Photographed in building 1268D.
NASA Identifier: L99-1688
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24/09/2009
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