Friday, November 6, 2009

APOD 2.1

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091102.html
This picture shows the Ares rocket test launch that happened just a few days ago at NASA. Ares is the first non-shuttle rocket to be launched from the Kennedy Space Center since the Saturn launched humans into Earth's orbit and the Moon in the 60s and 70s. The rocket can go from 0 km/hour to 100 km/hour in 8 seconds or less. The picture also shows a cloud that has formed on the outside of the rocket due to a sudden drop in air pressure.

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