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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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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launched its first animals, a species of newt, into space on 18 March 1995 aboard the Space Flyer Unit. During the 1990s the U.S. carried crickets, mice...
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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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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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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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The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration). Its...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"Space Invaders Part II". The Arcade Flyer Archive. Killer List of Videogames. Retrieved September 27, 2011. Davies, Jonti (May 16, 2005). "Space Invaders...
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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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In chronological order, spacecraft are listed equipped with electric space propulsion. This includes both cruise engines and/or thrusters for attitude...
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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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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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1996 in spaceflight (section Deep-space rendezvous)
6-time Space Shuttle Astronaut simulates Space Flight | Hubble Space Telescope | Space Exploration | Space Story Archived 30 September 2011 at the Wayback...
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continuation of Russian space station Mir and the American Space Shuttle program, and the first flights to the International Space Station (ISS). The Soviet...
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Video Toaster (redirect from Video Toaster Flyer)
Toaster 4000. Only a handful of test units were produced before NewTek abandoned the project and refocused on the Flyer. This cleared the way for DeskStation...
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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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