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KSC-07pd3390
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Kennedy Space Center, Fla. — During a training session on emergency exit from the fixed service structure on Launch Pad 39A, space shuttle Atlantis STS-122 Mission Specialists Hans Schlegel, left, and Rex Walheim watch a slidewire basket descend to the landing zone. Schlegel is with the European Space Agency. Seven slidewire baskets are available to carry the crew from the level of the pad's Orbiter Access Arm to a safe landing site below, if needed. Each basket can hold up to three people.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-07pd3390. NASA/KSC, 2007-11-19. Public domain. ID: KSC-07pd3390.
