The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1955, the latest was in 2019
Human Spaceflight:
1975 – MM X-24B flight 58, Dryden Lake – Pilot Bill Dana
2019 – NASA awards LM a contract to build six Orion spacecraft
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB
1964 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB
1977 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB
1985 – US Space Command activated at Peterson AFB, Colorado
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1999 – FAILURE: Mars Climate Orbiter failed at Mars orbital insertion – units error for thrusters resulted in spacecraft being off-course
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1997 – LAUNCH: LM (GE) Intelsat 803, Ariane 42L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
1999 – LAUNCH: Echostar 5, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36A, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed X-17, LC3, CCAFS
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC29A, CCAFS
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A1, SSBN599, ETR
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, 395-A1, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-D, VAFB
1983 – LAUNCH MM Pershing 1A, LC16, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) in acoustic testing and a graphic showing the expected versus