KSC-98EC-0492 - STS-90 Pilot Scott Altman is suited up for launch  


STS-90 Pilot Scott Altman is assisted during suit-up activities by
Lockheed Suit Technician Valerie McNeil from Johnson Space Center in
KSC's Operations and Checkout Building. Altman 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, Altman 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