The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 1998
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – Design philosophy document submitted by MM to Space Systems Division for Titan GLV (Gemini)
1982 – LANDING: STS-3 (Columbia), White Sands, New Mexico
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB – FAILURE
1967 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: GD OV1 satellites, GD Atlas D, 576-A3, VAFB – magnetosphere experiments
Commercial Programs:
1998 – LAUNCH (5): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC25A, CCAFS – FAILURE
1963 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, 395-A2, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH (7): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN611, ETR
1977 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN654, ETR
1984 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, TP-01, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the STS-3 landing at White Sands, New Mexico, in 1982. This was the only successful shuttle flight that did not land at either Edwards AFB or KSC. High winds aloft prevented an Edwards landing and KSC was not ready for landings.
