KSC-98EC-0491 - STS-90 Mission Specialist Richard Linnehan suits up 


STS-90 Mission Specialist Richard Linnehan, D.V.M., sits in a chair
during suitup activities in the Operations and Checkout Building.
Linnehan 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 second trip into space, Linnehan
is participating in a 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