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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 (SFU)...
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    was assigned to his first mission as the pilot of STS-72. A year later he again served as pilot on STS-81. From June 1997 to February 1998, he served as...
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    months of that mission on Expedition 39. On STS-72, Wakata became the first Japanese mission specialist. STS-72 retrieved the Space Flyer Unit (launched...
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    STS-32, STS-46, STS-62, STS-81, STS-98 Mae Jemison – STS-47 Tamara Jernigan – STS-40, STS-52, STS-67, STS-80, STS-96 Brent Jett – STS-72, STS-81, STS-97...
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  • STS-44, STS-53, STS-69, STS-101, STS-102/105 Janice Voss (1956–2012) — STS-57, STS-63, STS-83, STS-94, STS-99 Koichi Wakata — STS-72, STS-92, STS-119/127...
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    and former NASA astronaut. He served as a mission specialist on STS-72 in 1996 and STS-87 in 1997 logged a total of 24 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes in...
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    four space flights, Chiao flew as a mission specialist on STS-65 in 1994, STS-72 in 1996 and STS-92 in 2000. Chiao had logged over 36 days and 12.5 hours...
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    STS-40 (1991), STS-52 (1992), STS-67 (1995), STS-80 (1996), STS-96 (1999) Brent W. Jett, Jr. — STS-72 (1996), STS-81 (1997), STS-97 (2000), STS-115...
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    flights) STS-75 Columbia STS-82 Discovery STS-101 Atlantis STS-105 Discovery Brent W. Jett, Jr. (born 1958), U.S. Navy (4 flights) STS-72 Endeavour STS-81 Atlantis...
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  • STS-82, STS-103, STS-110 Fayetteville: Richard O. Covey — STS-51-I, STS-26, STS-38, STS-61 Little Rock: Scott E. Parazynski — STS-66, STS-86, STS-95...
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    STS-90 was a 1998 Space Shuttle mission flown by the Space Shuttle Columbia. The 16-day mission marked the last flight of the European Space Agency's...
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    It embarked on its first mission, STS-49, in May 1992 and its 25th and final mission, STS-134, in May 2011. STS-134 was expected to be the final mission...
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    STS-49 was NASA's maiden flight of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, which launched on May 7, 1992. The primary goal of its nine-day mission was to retrieve...
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    in orbit: STS-2 (equipment failure), STS-35 (weather), STS-44 (equipment failure), and STS-83 (equipment failure, relaunched as STS-94). STS-300 was the...
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    2007). "STS-72". Mission Archives. NASA. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021. Ryba, Jeanne (15 February 2010). "STS-92". Mission...
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    Headquarters, Washington D.C. A veteran of three space flights, STS-72 (1996), STS-96 (1999), and STS-105 (2001), Barry logged over 734 hours in space, including...
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    STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 19th mission of the Columbia orbiter. Allen, Hoffman, Nicollier and Chang-Díaz had previously been members...
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    Retrieved 18 December 2017. "STS-72". Spacefacts. Retrieved 18 December 2017. "Soyuz TM-23". Spacefacts. Retrieved 17 December 2017. "STS-75". Spacefacts. Retrieved...
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    STS-74 was the fourth mission of the US/Russian Shuttle–Mir program, and the second docking of the Space Shuttle with Mir. Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted...
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  • Radio communications experiment that flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-72 mission as part of NASA's Spartan/OAST-Flyer spacecraft in January 1996...
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    flights) STS-45 Atlantis — March/April 1992 — Pilot — Spacelab mission STS-57 Endeavour — June/July 1993 — Pilot — SPACEHAB mission STS-72 Endeavour...
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    The Cadillac STS (Seville Touring Sedan) is a mid-sized luxury 4-door sedan manufactured and marketed by General Motors from 2004 to 2011 for the 2005...
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  • SLF was for mission STS-41B in 1984; landings were suspended at the site following brake damage and a blown tire during the STS-51D landing in 1985,...
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    ISS) STS-111 Endeavour (The mission landed Expedition 4) Leroy Chiao (born 1960), Engineer (4 flights) STS-65 Columbia (Science Mission) STS-72 Endeavour...
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    tested in orbit in 1981, on Space Shuttle Columbia's STS-2 mission. Its first operational use was on STS-3 to deploy and manoeuvre the Plasma Diagnostics...
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    space and therefore do not qualify as spaceflights. These were the fatal STS-51-L (Challenger disaster), and the non-fatal aborted Soyuz mission T-10a...
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    spacewalks STS-72 (January 11, 1996) STS-87 (November 19, 1997) 8 Robert Curbeam March 5, 1962 Veteran of seven spacewalks STS-85 (August 7, 1997) STS-98 (February...
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    Challenger disaster of STS-51-L. Under the new system, STS-9 would have been designated as STS-41-A. STS-9's originally planned successor, STS-10, was canceled...
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    that was launched March 18, 1995 and retrieved by space shuttle mission STS-72 January 20, 1996. To date, it is the only operational MPD thruster to have...
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  • Dumoulin, Jim (2001). "STS-72 Day 5 Highlights". NASA Space Shuttle Launch Archive. NASA. Retrieved 2009-03-07. Dumoulin, Jim (2001). "STS-72 Day 7 Highlights"...
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