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 2011
Human Spaceflight:
1994 – LAUNCH: STS-65 (Columbia), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, International Microgravity Lab
2011 – LAUNCH: STS-135 (Atlantis), LC39A, KSC – 4 person crew, ISS – Last shuttle flight
Military and Classified Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIID, SLC4E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2003 – LAUNCH: Opportunity Mars Rover (MER-1), Delta 7925H, LC17B, CCAFS – LM Aeroshell
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1994 – LAUNCH: MM (GE) Yuri 3N (also Panamasat2), Ariane 44L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1964 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN620, ETR
1967 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN620, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-135 mission, which was the last space shuttle mission in 2011. The photos include the launch, the crew, a poster that was made by NASA for the launch, and a view of Atlantis approaching ISS.
