The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2022
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2021 – LAUNCH: LM Lucy, ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS – Exploration of Jupiter Trojan asteroids on a 12-year mission
2022 – LM Lucy first gravity assist at Earth
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, SSBN599, ETR
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, SSBN608, ETR
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2 SSBN619, ETR
1987 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN654, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the Atlas V 401 launch of Lucy in 2021, the spacecraft in flight configuration and the chart showing the location of the Trojan asteroids.