STS-72
Sign in to saveSTS-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.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- STS-72
- Spaceflight.image
- STS072-734-011.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Endeavour Canadarm captures the Space Flyer Unit
- Spaceflight.insignia
- Sts-72-patch.png
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Satellite retrievalResearch
- Spaceflight.operator
- NASA
- Spaceflight.orbits_completed
- 142
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 8 days, 22 hours, 01 minute, 47 seconds
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Kennedy, LC-39B
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.landing_site
- Kennedy, SLF Runway 15
- Spaceflight.crew_size
- 6
- Spaceflight.crew_photo
- STS-72_crew.jpg
- Spaceflight.crew_photo_caption
- Left to right - Seated: Jett, Duffy; Standing: Scott, Chiao, Wakata, Barry
- Spaceflight.apsis
- gee
- Spaceflight.orbit_reference
- Geocentric
- Spaceflight.orbit_regime
- Low Earth
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human spaceflight
- Part of
- Space Shuttle program
- Operator
- NASA
- Followed by
- STS-75
- Follows
- STS-74
- Duration
- 770507
- Mass
- 6510
- Orbital period
- 91.1
- Image
- STS072-734-011.jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- Commons category
- STS-72
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 1996-01-11
- type of orbit
- low Earth orbit
- crew members
- Daniel T. Barry
- vessel
- Endeavour
- location of landing
- Launch and Landing Facility
- orbits completed
- 142
- UTC date of spacecraft landing
- 1996-01-20
- Commons gallery
- STS-72
- orbital inclination
- 28.45
- periapsis
- 185
- apoapsis
- 470
- start point
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B
- archives at
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
- space launch vehicle
- Space Shuttle
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Crew
- Crew seat assignments
- Spacewalks
- Mission highlights
- OAST-Flyer
- Spacewalks
- Additional payloads
- Documentary
- Image Gallery
- See also
- External links
- Notes
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.
==Crew==
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