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Launch Complex 39, Pads A and B
KSC Release No. FS-1999-12-25-KSC


Orbiter Access Arm White RoomView of the Orbiter Access Arm fully extended connecting to the White Room

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the lowermost arm (shown extended, left), located 147 feet above the pad surface. It allows personnel to enter the orbiter crew compartment. The outer end of the access arm features an environmental chamber or "white room" that mates with the orbiter and holds six persons. The arm remains in the extended position until seven minutes, 24 seconds before launch to serve as an emergency escape route for the flight crew. It is 65 feet long, 5 feet wide, and 8 feet high, and can be mechanically or manually repositioned in about 15 seconds in the event of a contingency

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