{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration

{captionsby}    Sherikon Space Systems (Susan Maurer)

{category}      SHUTTLE.sts-90

{date}          17-Apr-1998

{description}   STS-90 Mission Specialist Kathryn (Kay) Hire prepares for launch
                during suitup activities in the Operations and Checkout Building
                as Astronaut Support Personnel team member Heidi Piper braids
                Hire's hair. Hire 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. Her first trip
                into space, Hire 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.

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{lasteditor}    <A HREF=http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/other/mtd.html>M.
                Downs</a>

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{number}        KSC-98PC-0489

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{title}         STS-90 Mission Specialist Kathryn (Kay) Hire is suited up for
                launch

{type}          Image

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