The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1967, the latest event was in 1970
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – MM X-24A flight 19, Dryden Lake, Pilot – John Manke
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1967 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the X-24A; the X-24A was flown 28 times. The lifting body was returned to Martin Marietta for refinements that resulted in the X-24B.
