STS-87 Mission Specialist Winston E. Scott suits up

[KSC-97PC-1677]

  • Photo Number: KSC-97PC-1677

  • Release Date: 19-Nov-1997

  • Keywords: SHUTTLE,sts-87
    • Description: STS-87 Mission Specialist Winston Scott dons his launch and entry suit with the assistance of a suit technician in the Operations and Checkout Building. This is Scotts second space flight. He and the five other crew members will depart shortly for Launch Pad 39B, where the Space Shuttle Columbia awaits liftoff on a 16-day mission to perform microgravity and solar research. Scott is scheduled to perform an extravehicular activity spacewalk with Mission Specialist Takao Doi, Ph.D., of the National Space Development Agency of Japan, during STS-87. He also performed a spacewalk on STS-72.

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