The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1964, the latest event was in 1995
Human Spaceflight:
1995 – LAUNCH: STS-67 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, astronomy experiments
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Surveyor SD1, GD Atlas/Centaur (Atlas not specified), LC36A, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: RCA Transit O18, Scout A, SLC5, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1991 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Astra 1B (also Meteosat 5), Ariane 44L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN624, ETR
1965 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A3, VAFB
1993 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF-02, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-67 mission that launched in 1995 and include the launch, the crew and the ASTRO-2 astronomy experiment in the cargo bay.