Mission Collection

STS-48: Space Shuttle Discovery

Discovery's STS-48 mission, September 12, 1991 to September 18, 1991. Preserved in the spacearchive.ai collection.

OrbiterDiscovery

LaunchedSeptember 12, 1991

LandedSeptember 18, 1991

Records in archive3

Mission Overview

STS-48 was a Space Shuttle mission flown by Discovery. It launched on September 12, 1991 and returned on September 18, 1991.

The spacearchive.ai STS-48 collection brings together 3 records from the mission, including highlights reels.

Preserved together, they form a searchable primary-source record of the mission for researchers, historians, and producers.

STS-48 in the Archive

A working snapshot of what the collection holds today. The public catalog shows descriptive metadata; full media and transcripts are available through research access.

3Records

3Video

0Audio

1Transcribed

0%Transcribed & indexed

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AST-00287Highlights Reel · 1991-09-12

Descriptive summary pending processing.

AST-00288Video · Sep 1991 (est.)

Descriptive summary pending processing.

AST-01259Video · Sep 1991 (est.)

KSC - Miscellaneous Pre-Mission Activities for STS-48, STS-44, STS-50, STS-46, STS-47, and STS-48: Discovery Return to KSC Atop 747, STS-44, Atlantis RCC Panel Repair with Edge, OPF, STS-42, IML-I Spacelab Activities, STS-50, USML Spacelab Rack 7 Install

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Notable Spoken History

Much of the STS-48 collection has been transcribed and speaker-labeled. Timestamped transcript excerpts will be featured here. Full transcripts are available through research access.

Official Sources

Primary references for STS-48. spacearchive.ai is an independent archive and is not affiliated with NASA.

NASA — STS-48 Mission Summary
National Archives (NARA) — National Archives Catalog

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