On Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. NASA launched the 327-foot Ares I-X rocket to space in efforts to return astronauts to the moon.

More than 5,000 Utah employees helped design and build the Ares I rocket 117-foot-long motor for Alliant Techsystems. The Ares I rocket is the beginning of a new era in the U.S. space program, from all the hard work and dedication of all of the workers and engineers at NASA, ATK and Northrop Grumman, many of whom are

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