KSC-98EC-0493 - STS-90 Payload Specialist Jay Buckey is suited up for launch  


STS-90 Payload Specialist Jay Buckey, M.D., prepares for launch during
suit-up activities in KSC's Operations and Checkout Building. Buckey
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, Buckey 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