KSC-98EC-0487 - STS-90 Mission Specialist Dave Williams is suited up for launch  


STS-90 Mission Specialist Dafydd (Dave) Williams, M.D., with the
Canadian Space Agency sits in a chair during suitup activities in the
Operations and Checkout Building. Williams and the rest of the STS-90
crew will shortly depart for Launch Pad 39B, where the Space Shuttle
Columbia awaits a second liftoff attempt at 2:19 p.m. EDT. His first
trip into space, Williams is participating in this life sciences
research flight that will focus on the most complex and least
understood part of the human body -- the nervous system. Neurolab will
examine the effects of spaceflight on the brain, spinal cord,
peripheral nerves and sensory organs in the human body.

 
                                               04/17/98