The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1958, the latest event was in 2018
Human Spaceflight:
1961 – John Glenn selected for the first orbital Mercury-Atlas flight
1961 – LAUNCH: Mercury MA-5, GD Atlas D, LC19, CCAFS – Orbital flight with Enos the chimp
2018 – LM selected for NASA’s Commercial Lunar Lander Payload Services Contract
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – Ground breaking at Edwards AFB for the Solid Rocket Motor test facility for MM Titan III
1987 – LAUNCH: DSP Block 5R,MM Titan 34D/Transtage, LC40, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: Alouette 2/Explorer 31, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena B, SLC2E, VAFB – ionospheric research
Commercial Programs:
1994 – LAUNCH: Orion 1, MM Atlas IIA, LC36A, CCAFS – French communications satellite
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas B, LC14, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC19, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B2, VAFB
1963 – All 18 Titan II ICBMs at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, declared operational
1965 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A1, VAFB
1967 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, EAG-154, Johnston Island, Pacific
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the successful orbital Mercury-Atlas flight 5 with Enos the Chimp, the first chimpanzee to orbit Earth; this success coincided with the announcement of John Glenn as the designated astronaut for MA-6.
