STS-72 Flight Day 4

Abstract

On this fourth day of the STS-72 mission, the flight crew, Cmdr. Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent W. Jett, and Mission Specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel T. Barry, Winston E. Scott, and Koichi Wakata (NASDA), deployed the OAST-Flyer satellite which will perform two days of scientific investigations, checked out the space tools that they will be testing during their two planned spacewalks, and conducted the secondary middeck experiments. The host, Tom Miller, from NBC's 'Nightside' show, interviewed the astronauts from Charlotte, NC, via satellite link. Views include the Japanese Space Flyer Unit (SFU) satellite in its berth in the shuttle's cargo bay with the Earth in the background, Earth cloud cover, and various shots of the shuttle's cargo bay.