Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection
Name of Image:
STS-72 Crew Portrait
Full Description:
Six astronauts composed the crew for the STS-72 mission that launched aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on January 11, 1996. Astronauts Brian Duffy (right front) and Brent W. Jett (left front) are mission commander and pilot, respectively. Mission specialists (back row, left to right) are Winston E. Scott, Leroy Chiao, Koichi Wakata, and Daniel T. Barry. Wakata is an international mission specialist representing Japan?s National Space Development Agency (NASDA) based at the Johnson Space Center (JSC). Mission objectives included the retrieval of the Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU), and the deployment of the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology-Flyer (OAST-Flyer).
Date of Image:
1995-08-02
Category:
Space Shuttle Projects
term:
Crew
term:
Portrait
term:
Scott
term:
Duffy
term:
Chiao
term:
Wakata
term:
STS-72
term:
Jett
term:
Barry
facet_who:
Brent W. Jett
facet_who:
Brian Duffy
facet_who:
Koichi Wakata
facet_who:
Leroy Chiao
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Endeavour
facet_what:
SFU
facet_what:
Space Shuttle Orbiter
facet_where:
Japan
facet_where:
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_when:
January 11, 1996
facet_when_year:
1996
Reference Number:
MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
MIX #:
9511173
NIX #:
MSFC-9511173
MSFC Negative Number:
9511173
UID:
SPD-MARSH-9511173
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