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Endeavour (STS-72) launched #OTD in 1996 to capture a Japanese research spacecraft known as Space Flyer Unit and bring it back to Earth. Backdropped against Australia's Shark Bay, astronaut Leroy Chiao is seen here working in the shuttle's payload bay on his 2nd EVA of STS-72.
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