Hubble Delay Has Ripple Effect on Ares Test Flight

WASHINGTON
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NASA’s need to delay the launch of the next Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission from late August to early October has caused an identical slip for the Ares 1-X test flight planned for next spring. Ares 1-X, a four-segment solid-rocket booster fitted with a dummy fifth segment and simulated upper stage, had been slated to launch April 15, 2009, from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39B.