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.