Rockets the size of small skyscrapers will accelerate from zero to a thousand miles an hour in less than a minute. Behind the scenes at Marshall Space Flight Center with the engineers who'll make it happen.
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All Episodes of Inside Ares - Next Generation Launcher
- Who designs, builds, tests and flies huge new rockets? Some very down to Earth people.
Episode 1
The Ares Family of Launch Vehicles
Rockets the size of small skyscrapers will accelerate from zero to a thousand miles an hour in less...
Episode 2
What Makes an Ares Rocket?
What does it take to design and build a new national space transportation system? Beyond the obvious...
Episode 3
Testing Ares - Taming the Fire
An exclusive journey into the realm of dangerous rocket testing with five engineers from NASA's Marshall...
Episode 4
Ares: Building the Upper Stage
It's not just a can of explosives. Ares required new materials science and new low-temperature friction...
Episode 5
Ares I - To Keep a Rocket from Rolling
Ares managers must keep their new rocket from spinning and pointing in their intended direction. It'...
Episode 6
A Base on the Moon
Ares boosters may drive NASA's Constellation program to the Moon and other destinations.
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