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1:37	John Kelly - Countdown schedule for media

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1:37	John Kelly - FLORIDA TODAY Ares I-X flight test graphic

1:37	John Kelly - FLORIDA TODAY graphic comparing Ares I-X size to other space launchers

1:37	John Kelly - Ares weather forecast

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John Kelly - Welcome to live coverage of the countdown to launch of the Ares I-X test flight.

Click here to read our full update on the countdown and weather.

Look below for links to graphics, documents and other helpful tools.

New for this launch: You can log in using your Facebook or Twitter accounts to comment, if you want. Click on the Twitter or Facebook icon if you prefer to participate that way.

You'll also see updates pop in directly from NASA's Ares I-X Twitter feed.

Stay tuned. Launch is set between 8 a.m. and noon.

2:23	John Kelly - PDF: Launch Viewing Sites Map

2:27	[Comment From Mark Lopa ] Why was the RSS brought around to cover part of the rocket?

2:28	John Kelly - The RSS is there for the same reasons as it is for the space shuttle: access for workers and weather protection.

2:52	James Dean - An RSS access platform and some cooling lines for the First Stage Avionics Module were part of the $13.3 million in modifications made to pad 39B for this launch. The RSS is scheduled to be retracted at T minus 2 hours, 15 minutes, or 5:25 a.m. based on an 8 a.m. launch.

4:58	John Kelly - Ares I-X interactive graphic

5:58	[Comment From Stephen C. Smith ] Any opinion on how big a public event this will be? We're going out to one of the usual viewing places. We're wondering if it will be a Shuttle-size crowd, a Delta-size crowd, or inbetween.

6:01

John Kelly - It's difficult to know how large a crowd will gather. It's a guess, but I would say bigger than a Delta or Atlas launch-viewing crowd, but not quite a shuttle crowd.

There will be increased interest because it's a new rocket noone's ever seen before and it's intended to ultimately carry people, the potentially exciting start of a new program unless it's cancelled.

A big crowd, but probably not quite a space shuttle launch crowd. Again, that's just a guess.

9:19	[Comment From Mark Lopa ] When will the built-in holds be and for how long? Is there a countdown checklist out there somewhere? Thanks.

9:19	John Kelly - Countdown schedule for media

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John Kelly - NASA TV is now playing in the video player at the right of this box. Shortly, the feed there will switch a live image of the Ares I-X rocket on its pad at KSC. Just push the turn on button at the center of the screen to start playing. We'll carry NASA TV until 6 a.m. when our own live broadcast begins.

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NASA_Ares_I_X - The Ares I-X launch team's "call to stations" came at 12:30 a.m. EDT, and the countdown picked up on time a half hour later.

1:23	John Kelly - Ares weather forecast

1:23	John Kelly - Countdown schedule for media

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