![Ares I-X rocket on Launch Pad 39B at sunset Ares I-X rocket on Launch Pad 39B at sunset](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMFkM1mVUzQugQXSOr-wOwdq-4Qk01uEMAkw6oJUDdhvUvi9eJhqe3h9xjA7i-LbxknSNtPt1sMHNnFPjdmwqZYIPLiMgrAMek96rm4MM6u-FswadIub8y2WJKJdZGIy6bxiO4/s400/Ares+I-X+rocket+on+Launch+Pad+39B+at+sunset.jpg)
Sunset at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida finds the Ares I-X rocket awaiting the approaching liftoff of its flight test.
This is the first time since the Apollo Program's Saturn rockets were retired that a vehicle other than the space shuttle has occupied the pad.
This is the first time since the Apollo Program's Saturn rockets were retired that a vehicle other than the space shuttle has occupied the pad.