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Astronaut Carl J. Meade tests the new Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER) system some 130 nautical miles above Earth. The end of the Remote Manipulator System's (RMS) robot arm, with an unoccupied foot restraint attached, is at frame's edge. Astronauts Meade and Mark C. Lee took turns using the SAFER hardware during their shared Extravehicular Activity (EVA) of Sept. 16, 1994. The test of the small back-pack unit with its complementary chest-mounted control unit, was the first phase of a larger SAFER program leading finally to the development of a production version of SAFER for future shuttle and space station applications.