STS-48Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 Lockheed Space Operations Company Launch Status Success Thu ยท Sep 12th, 1991 7:11 PM EDT Watch Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eerzHJMQ7Vw Crew James Buchli Mission Specialist Status: Retired 6/20/1945 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration James Frederick Buchli is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions. Mark N. Brown Mission Specialist Status: Retired 11/18/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mark Neil Brown is an American engineer, retired Colonel in the United States Air Force and former NASA astronaut. John Oliver Creighton Commander Status: Retired 4/28/1943 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration John Oliver Creighton is a former NASA astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions. Charles D. Gemar Mission Specialist Status: Retired 8/4/1955 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Charles Donald "Sam" Gemar is an American former astronaut with NASA and a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army. Gemar has flown on three Space Shuttle missions (STS-38, STS-48 and STS-62). Gemar has completed 385 orbits of the Earth and over 581 hours in space. He has also served in different positions in NASA, including as a CAPCOM for Shuttle missions. Gemar was the first astronaut to be born in the state of South Dakota. Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. Pilot Status: Retired 3/24/1951 - Nationality: American Type: Government Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Kenneth Stanley Reightler Jr. is a former NASA astronaut. Mission STS-48 Type: Earth Science STS-48 was the thirteenth mission of the Space Shuttle Discovery and its primary purpose was to launch the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. The flight was also the first to test an electronic still camera in space, a modified Nikon F4. Location Launch Complex 39A Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA 182 launches have been at this location. Rocket Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 Length: 38.1 meters Diameter: 8.4 meters First Launched: August 30, 1984 Space Shuttle Discovery is one of the orbiters from NASA’s Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built. Its first mission, STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Over 27 years of service it launched and landed 39 times, gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft to date. The Space Shuttle Discovery OV-103 rocket has been launched a total of 38 times with 38 successful and 0 failed launches. Agency Lockheed Space Operations Company Type: Commercial Abbreviation: LSOC Administration: Founded: Launchers: Spacecraft: Country: USA View Rocket Launch Schedule