Satellite retrieval. Robotic arm of the Space Shuttle Endeavour retrieving the Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU-1) on 13 January 1996 as part of Mission STS-72 (11-20 January 1996). At lower centre is the American Office of Aeronautics & Space (OAST) Flyer. SFU-1 had been launched by a Japanese rocket the previous year. It carried nine experiments,these being:- high-voltage solar panels,an infrared telescope,a magnetoplasma- dynamic thruster,materials and space biology,space plasma diagnostics,an exposed test facility,and three types of furnace. The OAST Flyer was released by the shuttle on 15 January and recovered two days later | |
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