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[b]Slidewire baskets slide into history[/b] On Friday, March 16 at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A, technicians released for a final time the seven slidewire baskets from the 195-foot level. After the baskets reached the ground, they were to be removed and put in storage. The system of seven slidewire baskets provided an escape route for personnel inside the orbiter or on the orbiter access arm. The baskets were suspended from slidewires that extended from the pad's Fixed Service Structure to a landing zone 1,200 feet to the west. Each basket could hold up to three people. A braking system catch net and drag chain slowed and then halted the baskets sliding down the wire approximately 55 miles per hour in about half a minute.
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