https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/be42ee0f-52df-42da-98e8-377e5f55ea2a In this first part of a two-part video mission-highlights set, the flight of the STS-48 Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery is reviewed. The flight crew consisted of: J. O. Creighton (Commander); Ken Reightler (Pilot); Charles 'Sam' Gemar (Mission Specialist); James 'Jim' Buchli (MS); and Mark Brown (MS). Step-by-step pre-launch and sunset launch sequences are shown with accompanying shots inside the Mission Control Center. The primary goal of this mission was the deployment of Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS). Other (secondary) payloads included: the MidDeck Zero Gravity Experiment (MODE); the Sam/Cream device; the Shuttle Activation Monitor/Cosmic Ray Effects and Activation Monitor Experiment; and the Physiology and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE). Crew activities were shown, along with Earth views (Aurora Borealis (B/W), light from the Kuwait oil fires, lightning over Italy and other areas, polar regions and ice caps, and the United States at night (B/W)). This was the thirteenth flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery. A night landing is shown. Mirrored from YouTube: https://youtu.be/jRajnmGk66o Original channel: NASA STI Program Wed, 15 Jul 2026 08:32:03 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/ec5edb1e-3795-4978-be4f-c67e98fbc992.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/be42ee0f-52df-42da-98e8-377e5f55ea2a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.