STS-72
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STS-72 was a Space Shuttle Endeavour mission to capture and return to Earth a Japanese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit. The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center, Flori
Endeavour's Canadarm captures the Space Flyer Unit
Left to right - Seated: Jett, Duffy; Standing: Scott, Chiao, Wakata, BarrySpace Shuttle program← STS-74 (73)STS-75 (75) →
OAST-Flyer released.
Leroy Chiao works in the payload bay.
Space Flyer Unit
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The Space Flyer Unit was a spacecraft which was launched by Japan on March 18, 1995.
Space Flyer Unit
SFU exhibited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
IRTS exhibited in the JAXA Sagamihara Campus Space Science Exploration Exchange Building