The rollout of the Ares 1-X to Launch Complex 39B has been rescheduled for Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building shortly after midnight, Ares will ride on the same crawler-transporter and crawlerway that is utilized for the Space Shuttle and the Saturn V before it. Until then, Ares remains in the VAB.
To document the stay of Ares in the VAB a superpan was made. While a normal panorama (pan) presents a wide angle view, a superpan gives a full 360º view of a subject. You can view the superpan here. The full length of the Ares X-1 may be viewed, along with much of the facility inside Bay 3 of the VAB. Some things to look for: the removeable access floors for engineers to work on the rocket, the larger cutout for the external tank and right booster rocket for a Space Shuttle, the yellow cranes that run just below the roof, and the height indicators for the Space Shuttle and Ares 1-X.
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