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 1990
Human Spaceflight:
1961 – North American Aviation is awarded the Apollo Prime Contract. Martin Company performed better in total program and technical scores and it was announced on 11/27/61 that they had been awarded the contract. This decision was reversed on 11/28/61 at the highest levels of NASA.
1963 – Kennedy Space Center is named after the President who was assassinated 6 days earlier
1983- LAUNCH: STS-9 (Columbia), LC39A, KSC – 6 person crew, Spacelab1
1989 – LANDING: STS-33 (Discovery), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1991 – LAUNCH: GE DMSP S-12, GD Atlas E, SLC3W, VAFB
1992 – LAUNCH: USA-86, MM Titan IVA (404), SLC4E, VAFB
1993 – LAUNCH: MM(GE) DSCS-III B10, GD Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Mariner 4, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, LC12, CCAFS – first close-up photos of Mars
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1966 – LAUNCH(2): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN655, ETR
1990 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident D-5, SSBN736, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the STS-9 launch, crew, and Shuttle bay in orbit; this was the first usage of the Spacehab module. It was Commander John Young’s sixth and final spaceflight.
