Cmdr Halsell on the forward flight deck

STS083-448-025 (8 April 1997) --- Partially suited in the partial-pressure launch and entry garment, astronaut James D. Halsell, Jr., mission commander, goes over a checklist prior to entry. Halsell, along with four other NASA astronauts and two payload specialists supporting the Microgravity Sciences Laboratory (MSL-1) mission were less than a fourth of the way through a scheduled 16-day flight when a power problem cut short their planned stay.