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Dress rehearsal for space shuttle launch
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-08-10 08:37
Space shuttle Atlantis pilot Christopher Ferguson (C) practices exiting a slidewire basket with mission specialist Steven MacLean (R) of the Canadian Space Agency during a launch dress rehearsal in Cape Canaveral, Florida, August 9, 2006. The slidewire basket is used in case the astronauts need to make an emergency egress from the space shuttle.[Reuters]
