VIP Viewing Room and Space Shuttle Slidewire

This group is in the V.I.P. viewing room overlooking second floor mission operations control room in the Mission Control Center facility.

Space Shuttle prime crew astronauts Bob Crippen (left) and John Young (center) board the emergency pad escape system known as the “slidewire”. The slidewire system provides a quick escape from upper launch pad platforms in case of a serious emergency.