The Space Shuttle orbiter Endeavour and its
crew of six glide into Runway 15 at KSC’s
Shuttle Landing Facility after spending nine days
in space on the STS-72 mission, the first Shuttle
flight of 1996. It is the eighth night landing of the
Shuttle since the program began in 1981, but
only the third night landing at KSC. Highlights of
the mission were the retrieval of the Japanese
Space Flyer Unit (SFU), the deployment and
retrieval of NASA’s Office of Aeronauts and
Space Technology-Flyer (OAST-Flyer), and two
Extravehicular Activities (EVA’s) or spacewalks.
PHOTO: FLICKR/ NASA ON THE COMMONS
STS-72 Landing