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STS-90 Shuttle Mission Imagery

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STS090-E-5104 (23 April 1998) --- Astronaut Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams (bottom), STS-90 mission specialist representing the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), serves as a test subject in the Lower Body Negative Pressure (LBNP) device, while payload specialist Jay C. Buckey Jr. (left) monitors the run. Payload specialist James A. (Jim) Pawelczyk is in the background. Neurolab crewmembers spend many hours running tests with the LBNP device, a key element of the autonomic nervous system hardware built by the German Space Agency (DARA). This photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 16:18:18 GMT, April 23, 1998.

Curator: Kim Dismukes | Responsible NASA Official: John Ira Petty | Updated: 04/09/2002
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