Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
posted 10-01-2016 11:39 AM
STS-9 payload specialists Byron Lichtenberg and Ulf Merbold lead the rest of the crew as they run towards the slidewire baskets during emergency escape practice at Launch Pad 39A on October 1, 1983.
Philip Member
Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
posted 10-01-2016 01:13 PM
Achtung, auf wunderbare Weise devonkommen!
garymilgrom Member
Posts: 1966 From: Atlanta, GA Registered: Feb 2007
posted 10-01-2016 01:39 PM
Love these behind-the-scenes photos Ed. Thanks.
OV-105 Member
Posts: 816 From: Ridgecrest, CA Registered: Sep 2000
posted 10-01-2016 10:24 PM
quote:Originally posted by Philip: Looks like they're wearing flat parachute packs?
They were a harness that they could use to hook into the line if they had to go out the overhead window and it also had lumbar pad that they could add air or take out with the bulb on the right side. I can't remember if it had a flotation device or not.