 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 | |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 11 January 1996, 09:41:00.072 UTC |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39B |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | 20 January 1996, 07:41:41 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 | |
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.