KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On Launch Pad 39-A, team members (in blue) help astronaut-suited co-workers near the slidewire baskets prepare for an emergency egress scenario. The four-hour exercise simulated normal launch countdown operations, with the added challenge of a fictitious event causing an evacuation of the vehicle and launch pad. It tested the team’s rescue approaches on the Fixed Service Structure, slidewire basket evacuation, triage care and transportation of injured personnel to hospitals, as well as communications and coordination.