Evacuation and Airlift of Space Shuttle Crew Training Exercise
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Channel: NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center · 2017 · Science & Technology
This 61-second video shows personnel from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong) and Edwards Air Force Base conducting a training exercise on May 5, 2007, that would enable them to handle the rescue of a Space Shuttle crew if a landing mishap occurred at the base. The exercises were held periodically to train Air Force fire/rescue and medical crews to aid the Shuttle crew in exiting the Shuttle after a simulated landing mishap on or near the Edwards runway, escaping from the mishap area, and after triage assessment, safely evacuating injured crew members. Although NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida was the primary landing site for Space Shuttle missions, Edwards AFB remained the primary alternate landing site if weather or other situations precluded Florida as a landing option. To learn more about the Space Shuttles and Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong) visit: https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/news/FactSheets/FS-015-DFRC.html
