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NASA Photo ID: 81-PC-26

Date Taken: 01/06/81

STS-1 Commander John W. Young (left), wearing an ejection escape suit (EES),  discusses launch tower emergency egress system (slidewire) with G.W.S. Abbey  in front of the basket landing area at the base of a Kennedy Space Center  (KSC) launch tower.  To the right of the slidewire basket are STS-1 Pilot  Robert Crippen (in EES) and backups Richard Truly (in EES) and  Joe Engle (in  EES, far right) with their backs to the camera.




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