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JSC2002-00714 (25 March 2002) --- Cosmonaut Nikolai M. Budarin, Expedition Six flight engineer, uses a device called a Sky genie to simulate rappelling from a troubled shuttle in a training session in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). The mockup is called the Full Fuselage Trainer (FFT). This exercise trains the crewmembers for procedures to follow in egressing a troubled shuttle on the ground. Budarin represents Rosaviakosmos.

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 05/07/2002
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