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    Preparing for the worst [Image 3 of 7]

    Preparing for the worst

    ZARAGOZA AIR BASE, SPAIN

    07.07.2011

    Photo by Tech. Sgt. Chenzira Mallory 

    86th Airlift Wing

    NASA astronaut, retired Col. Greg H. Johnson, provides a pre-brief to response crews prior to an exercise consisting of a simulated emergency shuttle landing, July 7, 2011, Zaragoza Air Base, Spain. This exercise, conducted prior to every shuttle assent, prepares DoD, NASA and Spanish Air Force personnel at Transoceanic Abort Landing Site at Zaragoza Air Base, Spain in case a space shuttle were to make an emergency landing. This TAL is one of three primary abort landing sites that support every shuttle launch into orbit.

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    IMAGE INFO

    Date Taken: 07.07.2011
    Date Posted: 07.07.2011 17:35
    Photo ID: 425028
    VIRIN: 110707-F-UU025-403
    Resolution: 4256x2832
    Size: 5.7 MB
    Location: ZARAGOZA AIR BASE, ES

    Web Views: 57
    Downloads: 11

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