Check out these birdcage images:
Ares I-X Inside ‘the Birdcage’ (NASA, Ares Rockets, 5/11/09)
Image by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
We’ve all agreed that the Ares I-X hardware gets the BEST nicknames. In High Bay 4 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the yellow framework , nicknamed the "birdcage," is lowered over the Crew Module, or CM, and Launch Abort System, or LAS, assembly for a fit check.
Image credit: NASA
Read more about the Ares I-X launch:
www.nasa.gov/ares
p.s. You can see all of the Ares photos in the Ares Group in Flickr at: www.flickr.com/groups/ares/ We’d love to have you as a member!
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