This 37-second video shows Air Force and NASA Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center personnel conducting a Space Shuttle crew rescue / recovery training exercise on the temporary runway at Edwards Air Force Base on July 26, 2008.
The exercises were held periodically to train Air Force fire/rescue and medical crews to aid the Shuttle crew in exiting the Shuttle after a simulated landing mishap on or near the Edwards runway, escaping from the mishap area, and after triage assessment, safely evacuate injured crew members.
Although NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida was the primary landing site for Space Shuttle missions, Edwards AFB remained the primary alternate landing site if weather or other situations precluded Florida as a landing option.
