The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
December 5
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2014
Human Spaceflight:
1997 – LANDING: STS-87 (Columbia), KSC
2001 – LAUNCH: STS-108 (Endeavour), LC39B, KSC – 7 person crew, ISS logistics
2014 – LAUNCH: LM Orion EFT-1, ULA Delta 4H, LC37B, CCAFS – Exploration Test Flight of Orion crew capsule (unmanned)
Military and Classified Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB
1967 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIIB, SLC4W, VAFB
1986 – LAUNCH: Fltsatcom 7, GD Atlas G/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
1995 – LAUNCH: USA-116, LM Titan IVA(404), SLC4E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
2002 – LAUNCH: TDRS-10, LM Atlas IIA, LC36B, CCAFS
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC25A, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, 395-A1, VAFB
1962 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, LC11, CCAFS – Last Atlas F Test flight
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C-4, LC25C, CCAFS
1986 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF02, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the Exploration Test Flight of Orion on a Delta 4H in 2014, including a view of the Orion craft being assembled, the launch, the EFT-1 patch, and a view of Earth from Orion.