page_title: Space Flyer Unit
section_title: Technical data
hierarchical_section_title: Space Flyer Unit / Technical data
caption_attribution_description: 日本語: 宇宙実験・観測フリーフライヤ（Space Flyer Unit、SFU）。国立科学博物館の展示。 English: Space Flyer Unit (SFU). Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.
context_page_description: The Space Flyer Unit was a spacecraft which was launched by Japan on Mar. 18, 1995.
context_section_description: The Space Flyer Unit was launched from Tanegashima Space Center from a H-II vehicle. It was carrying testing materials and research data that held value to NASA.  They retrieved the data from the Space Flyer Unit by Space Shuttle Endeavour on Jan. 20th, 1996 (which was 10 months after the Space Flyer Unit was launched.  The idea behind the implementation of the SFU was a joint effort by multiple major corporations.  The ones that were involved with the launch were Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, the National Space Development Agency, and Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
  After the shuttle returned the SFU from space, the SFU was transported to Japan and refurbished for the next flight.
caption: SFU exhibited in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo.
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