Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-48
Launch Complex 39A
Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA
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STS-48
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.
Space Shuttle Discovery
Serial OV-103
Launch Crew Count 5
Status Retired
Landing Time 1991-09-18T07:38:00+0000
Crew
John Oliver Creighton
Commander
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1943-04-28
Status Retired
Type Government
Kenneth S. Reightler Jr.
Pilot
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-03-24
Status Retired
Type Government
Charles D. Gemar
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1955-08-04
Status Retired
Type Government
James Buchli
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1945-06-20
Status Retired
Type Government
Mark N. Brown
Mission Specialist
Nationality American
Date Of Birth 1951-11-18
Status Retired
Type Government
Space Shuttle
Height 56.10 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 28200 kN
Diameter 8.00 Meters
Mass To LEO 27500 kg
Liftoff Mass 2030 Tonnes
Launch Success 133
Consecutive Success 22
Maiden Flight 1981-04-12
Launch Failures 2
Programs
Space Shuttle
The Space Shuttle program was the fourth human spaceflight program carried out by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which accomplished routine transportation for Earth-to-orbit crew and cargo from 1981 to 2011.
