Once...

by AnnaJo Vahle

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16.000 x 20.000 x 1.000 inches

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Once...

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AnnaJo Vahle

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Painting - Acrylic On Canvas

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Because of the recent rocket launch, I was reminded of this painting I did a few years ago of the one and only Constellation Program launch. Although, rocket launches are not particularly unusual for those, who live near the Space Center, this was the only time that this particular rocket launched. I thought that it was a good idea to document it in my own way. I created this almost entirely with a palette knife and acrylic paints., I did resort to the use of a brush to get some of the finer details of the actual rocket and launch pad.

The Constellation Program was a human spaceflight program with NASA, the space agency of the United States. The goals of the program were to gain experience in operating away from Earth's environment, develop technologies needed for opening the space frontier, and conducting fundamental science.

Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation Program. The name “Ares” refers to the Greek deity Ares, who is indentified with the Roman god Mars.

The Ares I prototype, Ares I-X, successfully completed a test launch on October 28, 2009. Launch Pad 39B was damaged more than with a Space Shuttle launch. During descent, one of the three parachutes of the AreI-X's first stage failed to open, and another opened only partially, causing the booster to splash down harder and suffer strctural damage. The launch accomplished all primary test objectives.
Delays in the Ares I development schedule due to budgetary pressures and unforeseen engineering and technical difficulties would have increased the gap between the end of the Space Shuttle program and the first operational flight of Ares I. Because the Constellation program was never allocated the funding originally projected, the total estimated cost to develop the Ares I through 2015 rose from $28 billion in 2006 to more than $40 billion in 2009. The Ares I-X project cost was $445 million.

On February 1, 2010, President Barack Obama announced a proposal to cancel the Constellation program effective with the U.S. 2011 fiscal year budget, but later announced changes to the proposal in a major space policy speech at Kennedy Space Center on April 15, 2010. In October 2010, the NASA authorization bill for 2010 was signed into law which canceled Constellation.

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February 17th, 2013

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