The events on this day for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1955, the latest event was in 1980
Human Spaceflight:
1965 – MM X-24 lifting body announced by USAF as follow-on to the Asset Spaceplane
1969 – LAUNCH: Apollo 9 mission, Saturn V, LC39A, KSC – earth orbit testing of Apollo CSM and LM; Jim McDivitt, Dave Scott, Rusty Schweickart
Military and Classified Programs:
1980 – LAUNCH: Classified missions, Atlas F/MSD, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1972 – LAUNCH: Pioneer 10, GD Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS – Jupiter flyby, long duration (Pioneer 10 communicated with Earth for over 30 years)
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – Alternative configuration ICBM (Martin Titan I) to be authorized for development
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Martin Titan I, LC20, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, USBN644, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two missions. First, an Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur launches Pioneer 10 in 1972. Second, the Apollo 9 mission is launched in 1969 and the photos include that launch on a Saturn V and a photo of the crew. Apollo 9 performed tests of the command and lunar modules in Earth orbit.
