KSC-98EC-0488 - STS-90 Payload Specialist James Pawelczyk is suited up for launch  


STS-90 Payload Specialist James Pawelczyk, Ph.D., stands ready for
launch during suitup activities in the Operations and Checkout
Building. Pawelczyk 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,
Pawelczyk 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