Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-72
Launch Complex 39B
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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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.
Space Shuttle Endeavour
Serial OV-105
Launch Crew Count 6
Status Retired
Landing Time 1996-01-20T07:41:41+0000
Crew
Brian Duffy
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1953-06-20
Status Retired
Type Government
Brent W. Jett Jr.
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1958-10-05
Status Retired
Type Government
Daniel T. Barry
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1953-12-30
Status Retired
Type Government
Koichi Wakata
Mission Specialist
Nationality Japanese
Date Of Birth 1963-08-01
Status Active
Type Government
Leroy Chiao
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1960-08-28
Status Retired
Type Government
Winston E. Scott
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1950-08-06
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Space Shuttle
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.
