Engineering teams are conducting final checkouts of the Lunar
Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, that
will take a significant step forward in the search for water on the
moon.
Alliant Techsystems recently conducted a successful full-scale
severance test of an Ares I-X first stage. The test is a milestone
in the development of NASA's Ares I crew launch vehicle and is
another step leading to the flight test of Ares I-X in Spring
2009.