Transport of Space Shuttle Crew During a Joint NASA and Air Force Training Exercise

This movie clip shows Air Force and NASA personnel conducting a space shuttle crew rescue / recovery training exercise on the temporary runway at Edwards Air Force Base on July 26, 2008. The exercises are held periodically to train Air Force fire/rescue and medical crews in aiding 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 evacuate injured crew members. Although NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida is the landing site of choice for space shuttle missions, Edwards AFB remains the primary alternate landing site in case weather or other situations preclude Florida as a landing option.

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[WC3POchannel10A]

These are called Mode exercises. Mode I, Mode II and so on. Each level is a more serious scenario, such as the Shuttle made crash landing on site or the Shuttle crash landed off site, somewhere in the greater vicinity of Edwards.

[joachim2464]

lets hope that never happens