Transport Canada NASA Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Site Contingency Plan

March 2006

• Foreward
• Abbreviations

1. Situation

2. Mission

3. Execution
   
   
• 3.1 CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS
  • 3.1.1 Objective
  • 3.1.2 Available Resources
  • 3.1.3 Command and Control
    
    
• 3.2 PHASES
  • 3.2.1 Phase 1 - Preparatory
  • 3.2.2 Phase 2 - Monitoring
  • 3.2.3 Phase 3 - Emergency Response
  • 3.2.4 Phase 4 - Recovery Operations
    
    
• 3.3 TASKS
  • 3.3.1 Phase 1- Preparatory
  • 3.3.2 Phase 2 - Monitoring
  • 3.3.3 Phase 3 - Emergency Response
  • 3.3.4 Phase 4 - Recovery Operations
    
    
4. Communications
5. Plan Responsibility
6. Plan Update
   
   

• Annex A - Agreement on Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites in Canada
• Annex B - Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Lauched into Outer Space
  
• Annex C - Participating Departments, Agencies and Authorities
• Annex D - Designated NASA Space Shuttle Emergency Landing Sites in Canada
• Annex E - Communications Plan
• Annex F - List of References

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