Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-72

STS-72 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese 16 spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit (SFU). The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on 11 January 1996.

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program name was Space Transportation System (STS). Five complete Space Shuttle orbiter vehicles were built and flown on a total of 135 missions from 1981 to 2011.

• Space Shuttle

  Human Spaceflight
  The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
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• Brian Duffy
  Commander
• Brent W. Jett Jr.
  Pilot
• Winston E. Scott
  Mission Specialist
• Daniel T. Barry
  Mission Specialist
• Leroy Chiao
  Mission Specialist
• Koichi Wakata
  Mission Specialist

• Space Shuttle Endeavour

  Spaceplane
  Low Earth Orbit

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