![The Ares I-X flight test vehicle and space shuttle Atlantis sit on adjoining launch pads The Ares I-X flight test vehicle and space shuttle Atlantis sit on adjoining launch pads](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOV0WzSUnxI9PPObIu0mVA2ccWmBqKcvk3GI-xGSRUjLtr8ABWiwB4VyokBq68XxgbrdyAa295_VPNvTEBJOl4FApArNCmIGcmRhGvCO0rPOOO2N5NaX6ENeFoJPypRfp2rCpJ/s400/The+Ares+I-X+flight+test+vehicle+and+space+shuttle+Atlantis+sit+on+adjoining+launch+pads.jpg)
At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, processing of the Ares I-X rocket nears completion on Launch Pad 39B, in the foreground, as space shuttle Atlantis, seen in the distance on Launch Pad 39A, awaits liftoff on mission STS-129 to the International Space Station.