CCP Crew-1 Astronaut Training: Emergency Land Egress Exercises

From left, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut and mission specialist Soichi Noguchi, and NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, spacecraft commander, and Victor Glover, pilot, participate in a SpaceX training exercise on July 22, 2020, at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission. Also participating in the training but not pictured was NASA astronaut and mission specialist Shannon Walker. The exercise involved simulating an emergency situation prior to liftoff at Kennedy’s Launch Complex 39A. Crew-1 will be the first operational mission to the International Space Station under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program, following the agency’s certification of SpaceX’s crew transportation system.