The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2021
Human Spaceflight:
1972 – LAUNCH: Apollo 17, Saturn V, LC39A, KSC – Final Apollo mission to the moon with Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, and Ron Evans
1996 – LANDING: STS-80 (Columbia), KSC
2002 – LANDING: STS-113 (Endeavour), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB
1966 – LAUNCH: ATS-1, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, LC12, CCAFS – Applications technology
2016 – LAUNCH: WGS-8, ULA Delta 4M+(5,4), LC37B, CCAFS
2021 – LAUNCH: STPSat-6, LDPE-1 ULA Atlas V 551, LC41, CCSFS – Space Force technology demonstrations
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: OAO-2, GD Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS – Astronomical observatory
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1979 – LAUNCH: RCA Satcom 3, Delta 3914, LC17A, CCAFS
1991 – LAUNCH: Eutelsat II F3, GD Atlas II, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC29A, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B3, VAFB
1962 – 556th squadron of GD Atlas F ICBMs transferred to SAC, Plattsburgh AFB, New York – Completed Atlas activations
1985 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN 657, ETR
1994 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN730, ETR
1995 – LAUNCH: LM Trident D-5, SSBN741, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the launch of the last Apollo lunar landing mission, Apollo 17, the crew (Gene Cernan, Harrison “Jack” Schmitt and Ron Evans), and the famous “blue marble” photo of Earth.
