STS-48 Mission Patch
13th Flight of Discovery
Crew:
John O. Creighton, Commander
Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Pilot
Mark N. Brown, Mission Specialist
Charles D. Gemar, Mission Specialist
James F. Buchli, Mission Specialist
The primary payload, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), was deployed on the third day of the mission. During its planned 18-month mission, the 14,500-pound observatory made the most extensive study ever conducted of the Earth's troposphere, the upper level of the planet's envelope of life sustaining gases which also includes the protective ozone layer.
13th Flight of Discovery
Crew:
John O. Creighton, Commander
Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Pilot
Mark N. Brown, Mission Specialist
Charles D. Gemar, Mission Specialist
James F. Buchli, Mission Specialist
The primary payload, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), was deployed on the third day of the mission. During its planned 18-month mission, the 14,500-pound observatory made the most extensive study ever conducted of the Earth's troposphere, the upper level of the planet's envelope of life sustaining gases which also includes the protective ozone layer.
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13th Flight of Discovery
Crew:
John O. Creighton, Commander
Kenneth S. Reightler, Jr., Pilot
Mark N. Brown, Mission Specialist
Charles D. Gemar, Mission Specialist
James F. Buchli, Mission Specialist
The primary payload, the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS), was deployed on the third day of the mission. During its planned 18-month mission, the 14,500-pound observatory made the most extensive study ever conducted of the Earth's troposphere, the upper level of the planet's envelope of life sustaining gases which also includes the protective ozone layer.
