Left to right - Seated: Brent Jett, Brian Duffy;
Standing: Winston Scott, Leroy Chiao, Koichi Wakata, Daniel Barry
Mission patch
Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off January 11, 1996 on its tenth mission (STS-72). Its primary mission was to capture a Japanese microgravity research satellite and return it to Earth.
Endeavour's crew consisted of Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent Jett, Mission Specialist Leroy Chiao, Mission Specialist Winston Scott, Mission Specialist Koichi Wakata (JAXA) and Mission Specialist Daniel Barry.
Wakata operated the remote manipulator system arm on the shuttle to capture the satellite.
On the seventh day of the flight, Scott climbed into the payload bay and Endeavour was maneuvered into a position where he would be exposed to the extreme cold of space (-104 °F) to test how his spacesuit would protect him.
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