The Ares I-X rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center to begin its flight test.
The Ares I-X flight test mission offers an in-depth exam for its development team.
The Ares I-X rocket rolled out to Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
One of three shuttle tracking cameras trained on the LCROSS lunar impacts captured the International Space Station as it passed over the center.
Timelapse video compresses seven-hour roll to the launch pad into a few minutes.
This time-lapse video shows the building of the Ares I-X rocket from the ground up.
Bono and the Edge, from the band U2, visited Mission Control at NASA's Johnson Space Center on Oct. 13 and spoke with the International Space Station crew.