STS-72

STS-72

Endeavour's Canadarm captures the Space Flyer Unit
Mission type	Satellite retrieval Research
Operator	NASA
COSPAR ID	1996-001A
SATCAT no.	23762
Mission duration	8 days, 22 hours, 01 minutes, 47 seconds
Distance travelled	6,000,000 kilometres (3,700,000 mi)
Orbits completed	142
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft	Space Shuttle Endeavour
Launch mass	112,182 kilograms (247,319 lb)
Landing mass	98,549 kilograms (217,263 lb)
Payload mass	6,510 kilograms (14,350 lb)
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Brian Duffy Brent W. Jett, Jr. Koichi Wakata Winston E. Scott Leroy Chiao Daniel T. Barry
Start of mission
Launch date	11 January 1996, 09:41:00.072 (1996-01-11UTC09:41Z) UTC
Launch site	Kennedy LC-39B
End of mission
Landing date	20 January 1996, 07:41:41 (1996-01-20UTC07:41:42Z) UTC
Landing site	Kennedy SLF Runway 15
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Perigee altitude	185 kilometres (115 mi)
Apogee altitude	470 kilometres (290 mi)
Inclination	28.45 degrees
Period	91.1 min
Left to right - Seated: Jett, Duffy; Standing: Scott, Chiao, Wakata, Barry Space Shuttle program ← STS-74 (73) STS-75 (75) →

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.