Launch Chamber initially | |
Stage 1 - Fuel line is detached, pilots enter the outer ring. | |
Stage 2 - Pilots walk down hallway. Elevator platform is lowered, entrance to hallway is sealed. | |
Stage 3 - Pilots board elevator platform, which raises them to the main level. | |
Stage 4 - Pilots walk through second hallway, entering personal elevators. | |
Stage 5 - Elevators carry pilots to the upper level. | |
Stage 6 - Pilots enter ships via walkway. Walkway retracts as the cockpit closes. | |
Stage 7 - Hangar doors open and engines fire. Smoke is ventilated through exhaust chamber. | |
Stage 8 - Hangar doors are closed after ships clear the top and the smoke clears. |