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 We are pleased to offer the following high definition video clips of the Ares 1-X test flight to our Spaceflight Now Plus subscribers. These video files are presented in 720p resolution. Learn how you can subscribe to Spaceflight Now Plus.  Full launch experience  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 14 min 54 sec File Size: 543 MB Relive the Ares 1-X experiment with this longer length movie that follows the final phase of the countdown through blastoff and the rocket's flight test.  DOWNLOADLaunch day time-lapse  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 39 sec File Size: 59 MB This time-lapse video records the launch day for Ares 1-X. It begins in the predawn darkness and continues through a beautiful Florida sunrise, the lengthy countdown hold due to clouds and then blastoff of the rocket. DOWNLOADFirst stage arrives back at port  Date: Oct. 30, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 49 sec File Size: 103 MB The Ares 1-X rocket's first stage that parachuted into the Atlantic Ocean and recovered is towed back to Cape Canaveral by the Freedom Star retrieval ship for post-flight analysis. DOWNLOADTest flight blasts off!  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 24 sec File Size: 160 MB The first experimental test flight of the hardware NASA is developing to replace the space shuttle was launched at 11:30 a.m. EDT from Kennedy Space Center's modified pad 39B. DOWNLOADPreview of the Ares 1-X test flight  Date: Oct. 27, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 57 sec File Size: 176 MB This narrated preview of the experimental Ares 1-X test flight using animation gives an advanced look at the launch. DOWNLOADOverview of the parachute system  Date: Oct. 27, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 41 sec File Size: 225 MB The Ares 1-X test flight will demonstrate the beefed up parachute system that builds upon the heritage design used by the space shuttle solid rocket boosters. DOWNLOADBuilding up the rocket  Date: Oct. 27, 2009 Running Time: 15 min 2 sec File Size: 547 MB Take a look back at the work performed to assemble and ready the Ares 1-X flight test vehicle for its mission with this narrated movie. DOWNLOADInterview with ATK boss  Date: Oct. 27, 2009 Running Time: 7 min 50 sec File Size: 283 MB Former space shuttle astronaut Charlie Precourt, now an executive with Ares 1 first stage marker ATK, gives this pre-launch interview during the launch countdown. DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Pad perimeter  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 33 sec File Size: 20 MB The launch pad 39A perimeter camera gives this side view of the Ares 1-X first stage igniting and roaring skyward. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Beach tracker  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 49 sec File Size: 103 MB A tracking camera at positioned on a mound along beach southeast of launch pad 39B provides this angle of the Ares 1-X launch. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Patrick AFB  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 55 sec File Size: 54 MB A powerful tracking camera located at Patrick Air Force Base gives this dramatic video of Ares 1-X's staging event during the launch on an easterly trajectory from the Cape. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Press Site camera 2  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 12 sec File Size: 44 MB This is the view from Kennedy Space Center's Press Site at Complex 39 shows the Ares 1-X rocket launch framed between palm trees. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Press Site camera 1  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 9 sec File Size: 42 MB This is the view from Kennedy Space Center's Press Site at Complex 39 shows the Ares 1-X rocket launching behind the famous countdown clock. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Front camera  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 18 sec File Size: 84 MB Beautiful footage of the Ares 1-X rocket's climb away into the sky is captured from this camera positioned in front of launch pad 39B. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Complex 41  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 27 sec File Size: 16 MB From atop the Vertical Integration Facility at the Atlas 5 rocket's Complex 41, this view looks northward with shuttle Atlantis on pad 39A and Ares launching from pad 39B. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: UCS-23 tracker  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 18 sec File Size: 82 MB This widescreen video of the Ares 1-X test flight was captured by the UCS-23 tracking camera positioned southeast of the pad. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: Pad 39A  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 5 sec File Size: 39 MB With space shuttle Atlantis sitting in the foreground at launch pad 39A, the Ares 1-X rocket in the distance blasts off from pad 39B. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: VAB roof  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 55 sec File Size: 71 MB From atop the 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building located three-and-a-half miles away, this launch video was recorded by a public affairs camera. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADLaunch Replays: VIP Site  Date: Oct. 28, 2009 Running Time: 46 sec File Size: 28 MB Located due west of pad 39B, this view of the Ares 1-X launch was captured from the Banana Creek site for VIPs to watch the experimental test flight. (Replay includes live launch audio). DOWNLOADThe first launch attempt  Date: Oct. 27, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 55 sec File Size: 179 MB Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the first countdown and launch attempt conducted on October 27 for the Ares 1-X rocket. DOWNLOADProbe cover troubles  Date: Oct. 27, 2009 Running Time: 8 min 44 sec File Size: 317 MB Workers struggle but finally manage to get the protective cover removed from the five-hole probe mounted at the very top of the Ares 1-X rocket during the first countdown. DOWNLOADAres 1-X at night  Date: Oct. 23, 2009 Running Time: 8 min 34 sec File Size: 312 MB This video of the Florida evening and nighttime views show the Ares 1-X flight test rocket standing atop Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B. DOWNLOADAerial views of Cape pads  Date: Oct. 23, 2009 Running Time: 6 min 44 sec File Size: 246 MB Dazzling views from a helicopter show the Ares 1-X rocket at pad 39B, space shuttle Atlantis at pad 39A, the Atlas 5 site at Complex 41, the SpaceX Falcon 9 pad at Complex 40 and the Delta 4 rocket visible at pad 37B. DOWNLOADSunset footage  Date: Oct. 22, 2009 Running Time: 31 sec File Size: 19 MB Beautiful views of sunset with the Ares 1-X flight test rocket poised for launch from Kennedy Space Center's pad 39B. DOWNLOADGantry rolled back for test  Date: Oct. 22, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 05 sec File Size: 19 MB As part of the Integrated Systems Test and a hot-fire of the first stage hydraulic power unit, the gantry-like rotating service structure at launch pad 39B is rolled back from the Ares 1-X vehicle. DOWNLOADAres rollout in fast-forward  Date: October 20, 2009 Running Time: 2 min 23 sec File Size: 84 MB It took about seven hours for the Ares 1-X rocket to journey from Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad 39B positioned 4.2 miles away. The trip is condensed into this time-lapse movie. DOWNLOADSped up launch pad arrival  Date: October 20, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 4 sec File Size: 38 MB This time-lapse clip captures the crawler-transporter climbing up the launch pad 39B ramp and delivering the Ares 1-X rocket to the seaside complete for liftoff. DOWNLOADPad arms grab Ares  Date: October 20, 2009 Running Time: 1 min 37 sec File Size: 59 MB The Vehicle Stabilization System, a pair of hydraulic arms added to launch pad 39B, are extended to lock ahold of the Ares 1-X rocket for added protection during the days leading up to liftoff. DOWNLOADRocket positioned on pad 39B  Date: October 20, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 34 sec File Size: 130 MB Following the same path as the mighty Saturn rockets and the space shuttles, the new Ares 1-X test vehicle treks to launch pad 39B on October 20. DOWNLOADAres 1-X departs assembly building  Date: October 20, 2009 Running Time: 5 min 08 sec File Size: 187 MB Riding atop the Apollo-era transporter, the Ares 1-X emerges from the Vehicle Assembly Building to begin an overnight journey to Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B for its experimental test flight. DOWNLOADAres 1-X animation  Date: August 14, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 14 sec File Size: 114 MB This animation previews the launch of Ares 1-X, a test rocket for NASA's proposed new vehicle to carry the Orion crew capsule into orbit. The test uses a solid-propellant first stage with a simulator upper stage and capsule. DOWNLOADInside the Ares 1-X rocket  Running Time: 1 min 10 sec File Size: 41 MB What does the Ares 1-X test rocket look like inside? This footage shot within the hollow upper stage simulator answers that question. DOWNLOADA little pushing and shoving  Running Time: 2 min 29 sec File Size: 91 MB As part of the "modal testing" of the fully assembled Ares 1-X, technicians use special tools and even themselves to induce swaying and motion into the rocket. DOWNLOADTime-lapse of rocket's assembly  Running Time: 5 min 46 sec File Size: 205 MB This time-lapse movie captured over the course of several months shows the various segments and pieces of the Ares 1-X test rocket arriving in Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building and being put together. DOWNLOADPowering up the rocket  Date: Sept. 11, 2009 Running Time: 5 min 05 sec File Size: 186 MB The fully assembled Ares 1-X flight test rocket is powered up for integrated testing as seen in this footage shot both inside the Launch Control Center and the Vehicle Assembly Building. DOWNLOADRocket stabilizing arms installed  Running Time: 11 min 16 sec File Size: 411 MB The Vehicle Stabilization System was constructed to secure the Ares 1-X test rocket during its stay at launch pad 39B. This footage shows the two arms of the system being installed on the pad's umbilical tower. DOWNLOADThe launch control rooms  Running Time: 4 min 8 sec File Size: 151 MB The Ares 1-X test flight will be overseen from Firing Room 1 of the Complex 39 Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center and the Mission Directors Center in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. DOWNLOADOrion capsule mockup  Date: August 13, 2009 Running Time: 7 min 26 sec File Size: 271 MB The top of Ares 1-X is placed atop the rocket to complete the assembly process by finishing the Upper Stage Simulator and the aerodynamic shape for the Orion capsule. DOWNLOADA super stack  Date: August 8, 2009 Running Time: 10 min 17 sec File Size: 375 MB A larger section of the multi-piece Upper Stage Simulator for the Ares 1-X flight test rocket is hoisted into High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking. DOWNLOADAssembling the upper stage  Date: August 4, 2009 Running Time: 4 min 43 sec File Size: 172 MB The next section of the multi-piece Upper Stage Simulator for the Ares 1-X flight test rocket is hoisted from High Bay 4 to High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking. DOWNLOADForward segment of SRB  Date: July 17, 2009 Running Time: 9 min 21 sec File Size: 341 MB What is known as the forward segment of the solid rocket booster for the Ares 1-X flight test rocket's first stage is lifted from the transfer aisle to High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking. DOWNLOADThe next segment of SRB  Date: July 10, 2009 Running Time: 5 min 23 sec File Size: 197 MB The aft center segment of the Ares 1-X flight test rocket's first stage is lifted from the transfer aisle to High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking. DOWNLOADFirst stage stacking begins  Date: July 9, 2009 Running Time: 9 min 52 sec File Size: 360 MB The bottem segment of the solid rocket booster to form the Ares 1-X rocket's first stage is moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building and hoisted atop the mobile launcher platform in High Bay 3. DOWNLOADPrepping for stacking  Date: July 7, 2009 Running Time: 5 min 36 sec File Size: 204 MB In High Bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building, the dummy fifth segment of the first stage and the frustrum are put together in preparation for mating to the rocket. DOWNLOADAstronaut walkway removed from pad  Date: June 20, 2009 Running Time: 3 min 09 sec File Size: 115 MB The Orbiter Access Arm used by space shuttle astronauts to walk from the launch pad 39B tower to the spacecraft for boarding is removed from launch pad 39B during the Ares 1-X modifications. DOWNLOADBeanie cap removed from pad 39B  Date: June 4, 2009 Running Time: 8 min 59 sec File Size: 328 MB The gaseous oxygen vent hood, or beanie cap, that was used during space shuttle launches to route vapors away from the top of the external tank is removed from launch pad 39B during the Ares 1-X modifications. DOWNLOADPad's old lightning mast pulled down  Date: March 2009 Running Time: 6 min 23 sec File Size: 232 MB The existing lightning protection rod mounted atop the launch pad 39B fixed service structure from the space shuttle era is removed as part of the modification work for Ares 1-X. DOWNLOADNew lightning towers completed  Running Time: 1 min 12 sec File Size: 42 MB Giant new lightning towers have been built around Kennedy Space Center's launch pad 39B, each measuring nearly 600 feet tall to protect the future Ares rockets while sitting on the seaside complex. 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