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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts048-s-001
Date: July 1991
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.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: sts048-s-001
Date: July 1991