Crew Compartment Trainer

STS-45 backup Payload Specialist Charles R. Chappell, wearing launch and entry suit helmet, sits in a mission specialist's seat on the mid deck of the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) in October 1991. Chappell, along with the STS-45 crew, is participating in side hatch emergency egress procedures. (NASA photo)

Crew Compartment Trainer

STS-38 crewmembers participate in training activities in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) in July 1990. Commander Richard O. Covey, Pilot Frank L. Culbertson, and Mission Specialists Robert C. Springer, Carl J. Meade and Charles D. "Sam" Gemar are suited in launch and entry suits and seated on the flight deck. In flight seating arrangements are (from left to right) Culbertson, Covey, Meade, Springer and Gemar (standing). (NASA photo)

Crew Compartment Trainer

STS-38 Mission Specialist Robert C. Springer, wearing launch and entry suit, climbs through the side hatch of the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) in May 1990. Springer will practice emergency egress through the side hatch using the crew escape system pole (at Springer's left). The inflated safety cushion under Springer will break his fall as he rolls out of the side hatch. (NASA photo)

Crew Compartment Trainer

STS-33 crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits and helmets, are seated in their launch and entry positions on the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) flight deck during a training exercise in October 1989. Commander Frederick D. Gregory (far right) is stationed at forward flight deck commanders controls, with Pilot John E. Blaha (far left) at the pilots controls, and on aft flight deck are Mission Specialists Manley L. Carter Jr. (left), F. Story Musgrave (center, holding clipboard) and Kathryn C. Thornton (standing). Overhead forward control panels are visible above the astronauts and aft flight deck on-orbit station control panels and windows are visible in the background. Thornton is on the flight deck for this photo but during launch and entry will be seated on the mid deck. (NASA photo)

Crew Compartment Trainer

STS-29 crewmembers, wearing launch and entry suits, participate in exercises in the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) in February 1989. Four crewmembers are pictured in the stations they will man for entry phase of the mission. They are joined by the fifth crewmember, "borrowed" from the mid deck. At forward controls are Pilot John E. Blaha (left) and Commander Michael L. Coats. Behind them are Mission Specialists James P. Bagian (left) and James F. Buchli. Mission Specialist Robert C. Springer stands at aft station. Springer will occupy Discovery's mid deck for entry phase of the flight while Bagian will occupy that post for launch. (NASA photo by Bill Bowers)

Crew Compartment Trainer

STS-26 Commander Frederick H. Hauck tests the cushion outside the Crew Compartment Trainer (CCT) side hatch in March 1988. Hauck, wearing a new partial pressure suit and helmet, tumbles out the CCT side hatch onto the cushion as technicians look on. During Crew Station Review #3, the crew donned the new partial pressure suits and checked out crew escape system configurations to evaluate crew equipment and procedures related to emergency egress methods and proposed crew escape options. (NASA photo)