NASA Team Completes Artemis Emergency Egress System Demo at Launchpad

NASA Team Completes Artemis Emergency Egress System Demo at Launchpad

Teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems (EGS) Program at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center completed an emergency egress system demonstration throughout the course of several days at Launch Complex 39B ahead of the Artemis II test flight that will carry four astronauts around the Moon.

The EGS team practiced emergency procedures during day and nighttime launch scenarios with the closeout crew, the team responsible for helping the astronauts get inside the Orion spacecraft, and the Pad Rescue team that would aid personnel away from the launch pad in an emergency.

While the crew and other personnel will ride the emergency egress baskets in a real emergency, no one rode the baskets for this test. Instead, teams tested the baskets during separate occasions by using water tanks filled to different levels to simulate the weight of passengers. 

Learn more about the test: go.nasa.gov/4fW4vHc

The Artemis II test flight will be NASA’s first mission with crew, sending NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Reid Wiseman, as well as Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, on a 10-day journey around the Moon and back.

Check the NASA Artemis II Mission page for updates:

https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-ii/

For more information about the Space Launch System (SLS), visit: 

https://www.nasa.gov/sls

Credit: NASA 

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: Sept. 3, 2024  

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