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During a simulated launch countdown/emergency simulation on Launch Pad 39A, the NASA helicopter leaves the scene with injured astronaut-suited workers, heading to a hospital. Pad team members participated in the four-hour exercise simulating normal launch countdown operations, with the added challenge of a fictitious event causing an evacuation of the vehicle and launch pad. The simulation tested the teams rescue approaches on the Fixed Service Structure, slidewire basket evacuation, triage care and transportation of injured personnel to hospitals, as well as communications and coordination.