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Emergency Egress
 
An astronaut in an orange launch and entry suit practices going down a crew escape slide

Astronaut Michael Fossum, STS-121 mission specialist, uses the crew escape slide in the crew compartment trainer during emergency egress training. Image Credit: NASA

       a quick exit from a vehicle because of a dangerous situation requiring action right away


Sentences:
Astronauts practice their emergency egress many times just in case they have to leave the space shuttle quickly.

When schools have a fire drill, they are practicing emergency egress.


More Information:
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/launch/emer-egress.html
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/escape/slide.html   →
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/escape/secondary.html   →


 
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