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

{captionsby}    Information Dynamics, Inc (Kay Grinter, Anita Barrett, and Elaine
                Liston)

{category}      SHUTTLE.sts-93

{date}          22-Jul-1999

{description}   For the third time, in the Operations and Checkout Building, STS-
                93 Mission Specialist Michel Tognini of France, who represents
                the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), waves after
                donning his launch and entry suit during final launch
                preparations. After Space Shuttle Columbia's July 20 and 22
                launch attempts were scrubbed, the launch was again rescheduled
                for Friday, July 23, at 12:24 a.m. EDT. STS-93 is a five-day
                mission primarily to release the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which
                will allow scientists from around the world to study some of the
                most distant, powerful and dynamic objects in the universe. The
                STS-93 crew numbers five: Commander Eileen M. Collins, Pilot
                Jeffrey S. Ashby, and Mission Specialists Stephen A. Hawley
                (Ph.D.), Catherine G. Coleman (Ph.D.) and Tognini. Collins is the
                first woman to serve as commander of a shuttle mission.

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

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{title}         STS-93 M.S. Michel Tognini suits up before launch

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