STS-72 - Wikipedia
STS-72 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 11 January 1996.
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Jan 11, 1996 · Mission Highlights. First shuttle flight of 1996 highlighted by retrieval of a Japanese satellite, deployment and retrieval of a NASA science payload, and two spacewalks.
STS-72 Fact Sheet | Spaceline
Sep 18, 1995 · Mission Summary: The orbiting Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU) was retrieved using the Shuttle’s remote manipulator system. The scientific satellite was launched on March 18, 1995 aboard a Japanese H-2 rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center.
Spaceflight mission report: STS-72
Nov 1, 1996 · STS-72 introduced an enhanced version of the Protein Crystal Growth Vapor Diffusion Apparatus. The original apparatus has been used for over 20 Shuttle experiments and has been successful in producing highly ordered crystals of …
Ready for Space Station: Remembering STS-72, 25 Years On
Jan 11, 2021 · STS-72, launched aboard Endeavour on 11 January 1996, was tasked with capturing a Japanese spacecraft after ten months in orbit, as well as deploying and retrieving a small free-flying satellite and evaluating tools for the assembly and maintenance of the International Space Station (ISS).
The STS-72 mission will be the 10th mission for Endeavour and the 74th for the Space Shuttle system. (END OF GENERAL RELEASE; BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOLLOWS.)
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Jul 14, 2023 · Six astronauts composed the crew for the STS-72 mission that launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on January 11, 1996....
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Jan 11, 1996 · STS 72 was a US shuttle spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral. It carried, released, and retrieved the OAST Flyer. It also retrieved a long orbiting Japanese reusable spacecraft, SFU, that had amassed astronomical data …
STS-72 Post Flight Presentation - NASA Technical Reports Server …
Feb 1, 1996 · In this post flight presentation video for the STS-72 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent Jett, and Mission Specialists Daniel T. Barry, Winston E. Scott, Leroy Chiao, and Koichi Wakata (NASDA), discuss their mission using flight footage and slides.
STS-72 Space Shuttle Mission Report - NTRS - NASA Technical …
The STS-72 Space Shuttle Program Mission Report summarizes the Payload activities as well as the Orbiter, External Tank (ET), Solid Rocket Booster (SRB), Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM), and the Space Shuttle main engine (SSME) systems performance during the seventy-fourth flight of the Space Shuttle Program, the forty-ninth flight since the ...