This is a photo of the Ares 1-X first stage booster. I believe this momentary condensation plume is the moment where the booster drops out of warp…. err.. mach speed and starts going sub-sonic.
See the full video below.
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This video was recorded from a plane using a HD camera using gryo’s to keep the image steady. Totally Amazing how this capture almost the entire flight of the first stage booster including the blow out of one of the parachutes that caused it to splash down harder than expected into the ocean.
This picture is just amazing photo from the launch of the Ares 1-X test launch going supersonic.
From http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/one-spectacular-big-bang/
The Ares 1-X countdown has now stopped at T-4 minutes and they are waiting to see if they can complete the tasks to launch the vehicle in the next 20 minutes.
What a sight it will be when the Ares 1-X in the background lifts off the launch pad with the Shuttle Atlantis also on the pad at the same time.
