NASA's Constellation program, established in 2005, continues its work toward the building the future of manned space exploration in the U.S. The first test flight of the Ares I-X rocket - a functional mockup of the actual Ares I rocket, similar in shape and mass - is scheduled for July, 2009. The stimulus bill just passed by the U.S. Congress will be sending an additional $1 billion to NASA, $400 million of which is for its manned space program. Engineers are now busy refitting old facilities, running tests, building the infrastructure and working towards a planned first launch of a crew to the International Space Station in 2014. Collected here are photographs of various parts of the Constellation program coming together, including parts of the Orion crew vehicle, the Ares I and Ares V rockets, and supporting systems. (31 photos total)
Man we live in such a cool century. With all that's going on at the moment. Pretty exciting stuff ahead. Putting everything into perspective and in a time scale it is hard to believe people were riding on the back of horses not so long ago
A fantastic set of photos. I can't help but wonder how the American economy can cope with what must be an incredible cost, given that the country is in such dire financial straits. I guess however, that the vast numbers of workers are in gainful employment.
Yes, it would be great to be involved.
Robert
there is some awsome pics there 
wow how excited would they feel about going to work every day 
