Air Cavalry Trooper To Ride Into Space
Submitted by kpaul.mallasch on Tue, 10/23/2007 - 12:04am.
Air Cavalry Trooper To Ride Into Space
Photo by NASA/Kim Shiflett
October 22, 2007
The astronauts ride in an M113 armored emergency vehicle at the Kennedy Space Center. Several M113 are parked near the launch pad during countdowns and astronauts can use them to quickly get away from the area in case something goes wrong.

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