Emergency Egress Training

NASA

Johnson Space Center caption: STS 51-L TRAINING: Two members of the STS 51-L crew practice emergency escape from the Space Shuttle in the Johnson Space Centers mockup and integration laboratory. Sharon Christa McAuliffe, a Concord, New Hampshire teacher representing he Teacher in Space Project as payload specialist on the five-day flight, prepares to swing from a hatch extension onto a cushion below. Astronaut Judith A. Resnik, one of three 51-L mission specialists, awaits her turn. The seven crew members used the full-fuselage trainer for this exercise. The photo was taken by Keith Meyers of the New York Times.