The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2021
Human Spaceflight:
1975 – MM X-24B Flight 60, Dryden Lake – pilot Dick Scobee
2021 – Nanoracks, Voyager and Lockheed Martin teaming up to develop a commercial space station (Starlab)
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs
1971 – LAUNCH FAILURE: RCA ITOS-B, Thor Delta N6, SLC2E, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
2000 – LAUNCH: LM GE-6, Proton-K/DM-2M, LC81/23, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: MM Pershing 1, Gilson Butte, Utah
1968 – LAUNCH (5): Lockheed Polaris A2E, SSBN608, ETR
1988 – LAUNCH: MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an artist’s conception of the Starlab commercial space station. Starlab, a joint project of LM, Nanoracks and Voyager, is intended to be placed into low Earth orbit by 2028.