STS-1 crew and backups are briefed on KSC slide wire system by G.W.S. Abbey
Description: STS-1 Commander John W. Young (left), wearing an ejection escape suit (EES), discusses launch tower emergency egress system (slidewire) with G.W.S. Abbey in front of the basket landing area at the base of a Kennedy Space Center (KSC) launch tower. To the right of the slidewire basket are STS-1 Pilot Robert Crippen (in EES) and backups Richard Truly (in EES) and Joe Engle (in EES, far right) with their backs to the camera. View provided by KSC with an alternate KSC number 108-KSC-81PC-26.
