{author}        National Aeronautics and Space Administration (taken by
                Bionetics)

{captionsby}    Sherikon Space Systems (Susan Walsh, Chuck Weirauch and Paula
                Shawa)

{category}      SHUTTLE.sts-87

{date}          19-Nov-1997

{description}   STS-87 Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla, Ph.D., sits in her
                launch and entry suit in the Operations and Checkout Building
                before she and the five other crew members of STS-87 depart for
                Launch Pad 39B. There, the Space Shuttle Columbia awaits liftoff
                on a 16-day mission to perform microgravity and solar research.
                Born in Karnal, India, Dr. Chawla received her doctorate of
                philosophy in aerospace engineering from the University of
                Colorado in 1988. This is Chawlas first mission for NASA.

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{keywords}      SHUTTLE,sts-87

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

{lowres}        160 x 240

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{lowtype}       GIF

{mediumres}     512 x 768

{mediumsize}    83304

{mediumtype}    JPEG

{number}        KSC-97PC-1680

{scannedby}     Bionetics and NASA/KSC Internet Lab (<A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-
                cm/jmd.html">Dumoulin</a>, <A
                HREF="http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/persons/nasa-
                cm/mtd.html">Downs</a>)

{slideres}      111 x 156

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{tinyres}       67 x 100

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{tinytype}      GIF

{title}         STS-87 Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla suits up

{type}          Image

{end}