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	Topics STS-72 Topic Home Crew Brian DuffyBrian Duffy Brian Duffy is a former NASA astronaut. ... (3), Commander Brent W. Jett (1), Pilot Leroy ChiaoLeroy Chiao Leroy Norman Chiao, Ph.D. is a former American NASA astronaut who was stationed on board the International Space Station bet... (2), Mission Specialist Daniel T. BarryDaniel T. Barry Overview Daniel Thomas Barry is a retired NASA Astronaut and was a contestant on the CBS reality television program Survivor: Panama-... (1), Mission Specialist Winston E. ScottWinston E. Scott Summary Winston Elliott Scott is a retired United States Navy captain and former NASA astronaut. ... (1), Mission Specialist Koichi WakataKoichi Wakata Koichi Wakata is a Japanese astronaut and a veteran of two NASA space shuttle missions.... (1), Mission Specialist - NASDAJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency The , or , is Japan's national aerospace agency.... Mission parameters MassMass Mass is a property of a physical object that quantifies the amount of matter and energy it is equivalent to.... : Orbiter liftoff: 112,182 kg Orbiter landing: 98,549 kg Payload: 6,510 kg Perigee: 185 km Apogee: 470 km InclinationInclination Inclination in general is the angle between a reference plane and another plane or axis of direction.... : 28.4° PeriodOrbital period The orbital period is the time it takes a planet to make one full orbit.... : 91.1 min Space walks *Chiao and Barry* - EVA 1 EVA 1 Start: January 15, 1996 - 05:35 UTC EVA 1 End: January 15, - 11:44 UTC Duration: 6 hours, 09 minutes *Chiao and Scott* - EVA 2 EVA 2 Start: January 17, 1996 - 05:40 UTC EVA 2 End: January 17, - 12:34 UTC Duration: 6 hours, 54 minutes Mission highlights The primary objective of the STS-72 mission was to capture and return to Earth a JapanJapan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea, and Russia, stretching from... ese microgravity research spacecraft known as Space Flyer UnitSpace Flyer Unit The was a spacecraft which was launched by Japan on Mar. 18, 1995. ... (SFU). The 7,885 lb (3,577 kg) SFU spacecraft was launched by Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA) from Tanegashima Space CenterTanegashima Space Center The Tanegashima Space Center is one of Japan's space development facilities.... in Japan at 8:01 UT on March 18, 1995 aboard a Japanese H-II rocket (HII-3). The STS-72 mission also deployed (for about 50 hours) and then retrieved the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Flyer (OAST-Flyer) spacecraft. OAST-Flyer was the seventh in a series of missions aboard reuseable free-flying Spartan carriers. It consisted of four experiments: Return Flux Experiment (REFLEX), Global Positioning SystemGlobal Positioning System The Global Positioning System, usually called GPS, is the only fully-functional satellite navigation system.... Attitude Determination and Control Experiment (GADACS), Solar Exposure to Laser Ordnance Device (SELODE) and the University of MarylandUniversity of Maryland, College Park name=University of Maryland, College Park\|... Spartan Packet Radio Experiment (SPRE). Other experiments onboard STS-72 included the Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Experiment (SSBUV-8) (previously flown on STS-34STS-34 colspan="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2">... , STS-41STS-41 STS-41 was the eleventh mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery.... , STS-43STS-43 STS-43 was a NASA space shuttle mission in 1991. ... , STS-45STS-45 STS-45 was a 1992 spaceflight using Space Shuttle Atlantis. ... , STS-56STS-56 STS-56 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission to perform special experiments.... , STS-62STS-62 STS-62 is a Space Shuttle program mission.... and STS-66STS-66 STS-66 is a Space Shuttle program mission. ... ), EDFT-03, Shuttle Laser Altimeter Payload (SLA-01/GAS(5)), VDA-2, National Institutes of HealthFacts About National Institutes of Health The National Institutes of Health is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the prim... NIH-R3 Experiment, Space Tissue Loss Experiment (STL/NIH-C), Pool Boiling Experiment (PBE) (hardware previously flown on STS-47STS-47 STS-47 was a Space Shuttle mission, the 50th mission of the program... , STS-57STS-57 CrewRonald J. Grabe , CommanderBrian Duffy , Pilot... and STS-60STS-60 Summary CrewCharles F. Bolden, CommanderKenneth S.... ) and the Thermal Energy Storage (TES-2) experiment (previously flown on STS-69STS-69 STS-69 is a Space Shuttle program mission. ... ). Get Away Special payloads included the United States Air Force AcademyUnited States Air Force Academy Overview The United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado,, is an institution for the undergraduate educati... G-342 Flexible Beam Experiment (FLEXBEAM-2), Society of Japanese Aerospace Companies' G-459 - Protein Crystal Growth Experiment and the Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion Laboratory The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory , in Pasadena and La Caada Flintridge, near Los Angeles, California, USA, builds and oper... GAS Ballast Can with Sample Return Experiment. Endeavours 10th flight also included two 6.5 hour spacewalks by three astronauts to test hardware and tools to be used in the assembly of the International Space StationInternational Space Station The International Space Station is a manned research space facility that is being assembled in orbit around the Earth.... starting in late 1997. EVA-1 on flight day five consisted of Crewmembers Leroy Chiao (EV1) and Dan Barry (EV2) while EVA-2 on Flight Day 7 consisted of Leroy Chiao (EV1) and Winston Scott (EV2). Documentary The crew of STS-72 and their families were followed by a camera crew from PBS from the day they were assigned to the flight and then through their training and, finally, the mission itself. The result was a 90 minute documentary narrated by Bill NyeBill Nye William S. "Bill" Nye, also known as "Bill Nye the Science Guy," is an American television program host, scientist, an... titled 'Astronauts' which first aired on PBS on July 17, 1997 and was later released on VHS home video. See also Spartan Packet Radio Experiment Space scienceSpace science Space science, or the space sciences, are fields of science that are concerned with the study or utilization of outer space.... Space shuttleSpace Shuttle NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System , is the United States government's current manned... List of space shuttle missionsList of space shuttle missions -\|\|}This is a list of missions flown by space shuttles.... List of human spaceflights chronologicallyList of human spaceflights chronologically Some debate exists over the definition of space, and hence that of spaceflight.... External links