STS-48 Mission Patch

43rd Space Shuttle Mission 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 SpecialistThe primary payload was the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) which made the most extensive and sophisticated Earth observations of any satellite to date. UARS contained ten separate sensing and measuring devices.