The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1957, the latest event was in 2009
Human Spaceflight:
1973 – Skylab 3 splashes down
Military and Classified Programs:
1989 – LAUNCH: Fltsatcom 8, GD Atlas G/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
2006 – LAUNCH: LM GPS IIR-15M, Delta 7925-9.5, LC17B, CCAFS
2009 – LAUNCH: USA 208, 209, ULA Delta 7920-10C, LC17B, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Pioneer P30, GD Atlas Able, LC12, CCAFS – second stage exploded
1992 – LAUNCH: GE Mars Observer, MM Commercial Titan III, LC40, CCAFS – Last commercial Titan launch, Mars Observer lost contact near Mars orbital insertion
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1957 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas A, LC14, CCAFS
1958 – LAUNCH: Martin Bold Orion, B-47 aircraft, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas E, 576-A1, VAFB
1968 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB
1972 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN643, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the launch of Mars Observer on the last Commercial Titan and the spacecraft (which was lost before orbital insertion at Mars) during manufacturing at GE Astrospace (the loss of MO was noted as an event on August 21, 1993).
From the official failure report (from Wikipedia):
Because the telemetry transmitted from the Observer had been commanded off and subsequent ef