STS-48

Name: Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-48
Start: 1991-09-12T23:11:00+00:00
End: 1991-09-13T00:11:00+00:00
Location: Launch Complex 39A

Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103

Lockheed Space Operations Company

Launch Status

Success

Thu • Sep 12th, 1991
11:11 PM UTC

Crew

John Oliver Creighton

Status: Retired
4/28/1943 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 6/17/1985
Last Flight: 9/12/1991

John Oliver Creighton is a former NASA astronaut who flew three Space Shuttle missions.

Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.

Status: Retired
3/24/1951 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 9/12/1991
Last Flight: 2/3/1994

Kenneth Stanley Reightler Jr. is a former NASA astronaut.

Mark N. Brown

Status: Retired
11/18/1951 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 8/8/1989
Last Flight: 9/12/1991

Mark Neil Brown is an American engineer, retired Colonel in the United States Air Force and former NASA astronaut.

Charles D. Gemar

Status: Retired
8/4/1955 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 11/15/1990
Last Flight: 3/4/1994

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.

James Buchli

Status: Retired
6/20/1945 -
Nationality: American
Type: Government
First Flight: 1/24/1985
Last Flight: 9/12/1991

James Frederick Buchli is a retired United States Marine aviator and former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions.

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.