Clad in full thermal protection suits, Air Force fire-rescue crews strap a stand-in "astronaut" into a litter during a Space Shuttle rescue training exercise at Edwards AFB.

Photographer NASA/Tony Landis

Location AFRC

Date April 16, 2005

Space Shuttle STS Edwards Air Force Base crew compartment mockup rescue and recovery training excercise

Clad in thermal protection suits, fire-rescue crews strap a stand-in "astronaut" into a litter during a Space Shuttle rescue training exercise at Edwards AFB