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STS-48

Launch: September 12, 1991

Landing: September 18, 1991 Edwards Air Force Base, Cal.

Astronauts: John O. Creighton, Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Mark N. Brown, Charles D. Gemar and James F. Buchli

Space Shuttle: Discovery

 

The primary payload, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), was deployed on the third day of the mission. It was used to study the Earth’s troposphere.

 

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Credit: NASA

Image Number: sts048-s-001

Date: July 1991

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