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NASA's Constellation Program is a step closer to the first test flight of

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the vehicle that will send humans on their way to the moon.

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Hardware that will be used for the test flight of Ares I-X was delivered by a C-5 aircraft to

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Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility in January, 2009.

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The equipment, consisting of a meticulously 
engineered simulated crew module and

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launch abort system, was carefully unloaded from the belly of the enormous aircraft.

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The launch abort system simulator is 46 feet in length and will fit over

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the crew module and tower above it, forming the nose of the vehicle.

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Two flatbed trucks transported the hardware to High Bay 4 of

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Kennedy's Vehicle Assembly Building.

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Inside the massive building, workers removed the protective  blue cover from the simulated crew module.

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This hardware and other elements will be integrated into the full-scale Ares I-X test launch vehicle.

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Kennedy's Launch Pad 39B will be the site of the first Ares I-X test

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flight targeted to launch in 2009 -- an important step toward developing Ares I,

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NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle.

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