For three days, employees Kennedy Space Center and other NASA centers, along with those from the Department of Defense, participated in a flight crew evacuation simulation, also referred to as the Mode II/IV Simulation, at Kennedy's Launch Pad 39B. The Mode II/IV is required every 18 months to certify Fire Rescue and Closeout Crew personnel.
For three days, employees Kennedy Space Center and other NASA centers, along with those from the Department of Defense, participated in a flight crew evacuation simulation, also referred to as the Mode II/IV Simulation, at Kennedy’s Launch Pad 39B.
The Mode II/IV is required every 18 months to certify Fire Rescue and Closeout Crew personnel and also is an opportunity to train NASA test directors.
During the exercise, an emergency condition during launch countdown was simulated and participants performed an emergency egress of the flight and ground crew.
Representatives from Kennedy and Johnson Space Center served as the flight crew, dressed in launch and entry suits.Image Credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett