The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2002
Human Spaceflight:
1959 – Convair (GD) evaluated flight instrumentation requirements and weight for Atlas D/Mercury and provided recommendations to NASA
1964 – Three contractors (GE, Douglas, MM) received authorization by the USAF to begin work on space station studies
1991 – LAUNCH: STS-40 (Columbia), LC39B, KSC – 7 person crew, Spacelab
2002 – LAUNCH: STS-111 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, ISS assembly
Military and Classified Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIIB, SLC4W, VAFB
1977 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP 5-D S2 (AMS-2), Thor DSV-2U, SLC10W, VAFB
1979 – Full-scale development of the GPS system recommended by the Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1969 – LAUNCH: OGO 6, Thorad SLV-2H/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB – observatory with many instruments to study upper atmosphere
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1982 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN627, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the STS-40 mission that launched in 1991. They include the launch, the crew and the Spacelab in the Columbia cargo bay.
