{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by
                Bionetics)

{captionsby}    Information Dynamics, Inc (Kay Grinter, Anita Barrett, and Elaine
                Liston)

{category}      SHUTTLE.sts-93

{date}          24-Jun-1999

{description}   During an emergency egress exercise at the launch pad, Pilot
                Jeffrey S. Ashby (left) and Commander Eileen M. Collins (right)
                hurry down the yellow-painted path to a slidewire basket. The
                baskets are part of an emergency escape route for persons in the
                Shuttle and on the Rotating Service Structure. The STS-93 crew
                members have been taking part in Terminal Countdown Demonstration
                Test (TCDT) activities that include the emergency exit training
                and a launch-day dress rehearsal culminating with a simulated
                main engine cut-off. Other crew members participating are Mission
                Specialists Catherine G. Coleman (Ph.D.), Steven A. Hawley
                (Ph.D.), and Michel Tognini of France, who represents the Centre
                National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES). Collins is the first woman to
                serve as a Shuttle commander. The primary mission of STS-93 is
                the release of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which will allow
                scientists from around the world to obtain unprecedented X-ray
                images of exotic environments in space to help understand the
                structure and evolution of the universe. The targeted launch date
                for STS-93 is no earlier than July 20 at 12:36 a.m. EDT from
                Launch Pad 39B.

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{keywords}      SHUTTLE,sts-93

{lasteditor}    <A HREF=http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/other/mtd.html>M.
                Downs</a>

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{number}        KSC-99PP-0759

{scannedby}     Bionetics and NASA/KSC Internet Lab

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{title}         STS-93 crew members take part in an emergency egress exercise

{type}          Image

{end}