The Space Flyer Unit (宇宙実験・観測フリーフライヤ, Uchū Jikken-Kansoku Free Flyer) was a spacecraft which was launched by Japan on March 18, 1995. The Space Flyer Unit...
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STS-72 (category Space Shuttle missions)
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...
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1996, on the Japanese Space Flyer Unit, which demonstrated the successful operation of a quasi-steady pulsed MPD thruster in space. Research at Moscow Aviation...
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bear offspring in space. Japan launched its first animals, a species of newt, into space on 18 March 1995 aboard the Space Flyer Unit. During the 1990s...
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Space Shuttle Endeavour (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-105) is a retired orbiter from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the fifth and final operational...
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The Space Shuttle is a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its...
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Fighter) Model 21 Zero Fighter Plane Model NAMC YS-11 wind tunnel model Space Flyer Unit Saltwater crocodile Skeleton of sperm whale Animal collection Specimen...
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required to unfold this shape, reducing weight and complexity. The 1996 Space Flyer Unit deployed the 2D Array from a Miura folded configuration. The inflatable...
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telescopes Infrared telescope List of largest optical reflecting telescopes Space Flyer Unit Diffuse Infrared Background Experiment (all-sky infrared observation...
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Brian Duffy (astronaut) (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
flight, the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched from Japan 10-months earlier), deployed and retrieved the OAST-Flyer, and conducted two spacewalks...
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and return of Space Flyer Unit (SFU) STS-92 Discovery — October 2000 — Commander — ISS assembly flight and 100th mission of the Space Shuttle Terence...
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Long Duration Exposure Facility (category Space exposure experiments)
Retrievable Carrier, 1992–1993 Space Flyer Unit, 1995–1996 Mir Environmental Effects Payload, 1996–1997 Materials International Space Station Experiment, (1–8)...
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Brent W. Jett Jr. (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
Space Flyer Unit launched by NASDA March 18, 1995. The crew additionally deployed and retrieved the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Flyer (OAST-Flyer)...
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by the Chinese hedge fund High-Flyer. DeepSeek was founded in July 2023 by Liang Wenfeng, the co-founder of High-Flyer, who also serves as the CEO for...
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Winston E. Scott (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit satellite (launched from Japan 10-months earlier), deployed and retrieved the OAST-Flyer satellite, and conducted...
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A frequent-flyer programme (FFP) is a loyalty program offered by an airline. Many airlines have frequent-flyer programmes designed to encourage airline...
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STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission) STS-72 Endeavour (Returned Japan's Space Flyer Unit) STS-92 Discovery (ISS Assembly Mission - Launched the Z1 Truss Segment...
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H-II (category Mitsubishi Heavy Industries space launch vehicles)
now installed at Tsukuba Space Center. The first and second stages of the canceled Flight 7, at a hangar in Tanegashima Space Center. H-II Orbiting Plane...
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Leroy Chiao (category Commanders of the International Space Station)
which the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched from Japan ten months earlier), and deployed and retrieved the OAST-Flyer. Chiao performed two spacewalks...
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Daniel T. Barry (category Space Shuttle program astronauts)
which the crew retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched from Japan 10-months earlier) and deployed and retrieved the OAST-Flyer. Barry performed a 6-hour...
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STS-65 (category Space Shuttle missions)
"Japanese Red-Bellied Newts in Space - AstroNewt Experiment on Space Shuttle IML-2 and Space Flyer Unit". Biological Sciences in Space. 15 Suppl.: S96-103. doi:10...
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damage fishing nets in the ocean waters). Japan's H–1 and H–2 rockets, Air & Space/Smithsonian, February/March 1987, p. 19 "Launch Result of IGS #2/H-IIA F6"...
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In chronological order, spacecraft are listed equipped with electric space propulsion. This includes both cruise engines and/or thrusters for altitude...
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Star Flyer Inc. (株式会社スターフライヤー, Kabushiki-gaisha Sutāfuraiyā), styled as StarFlyer, is a Japanese airline headquartered on the grounds of Kitakyushu Airport...
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1995 in spaceflight (section Deep Space Rendezvous)
became the first Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir. STS-71 began on June 27, 1995, with the launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from...
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Koichi Wakata (category Commanders of the International Space Station)
specialist. STS-72 retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched from Japan ten months earlier), deployed and retrieved the OAST-Flyer, and evaluated techniques to...
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European Retrievable Carrier (category European Space Agency space probes)
Spaceflight portal Long Duration Exposure Facility – NASA 1984–1990 Space Flyer Unit – Comparable Japanese spacecraft 1995–1996 "NASA – NSSDCA – Spacecraft...
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Game Flyers: Pong Doubles, Space Race, Atari, Inc. (Germany)". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Retrieved 22 March 2021. Goldberg, Vendel, p. 98 Space Race advertisement...
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Wright Flyer, moving the horizontal elevator from the front to the back and adding wheels although keeping the skids as part of the undercarriage unit. It...
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List of H-II series and H3 launches (category Mitsubishi Heavy Industries space launch vehicles)
2026 Success Partial failure Failure Planned Sources: Gunter's Space Page and Cabinet Office of Japan "Launch Result of IGS #2/H-IIA F6". JAXA...
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