The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest event was in 2004
Human Spaceflight:
1974 – MM X-24B flight 46, Dryden Lake – Pilot: Michael Love
2001 – LANDING: STS-108 (Endeavour), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
2002 – LAUNCH: LM NSS-6, Ariane 44L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
2004 – LAUNCH: LM AMC-6, LM Atlas V 521, LC41, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – Navy Special Projects office authorizes Lockheed to begin development of the Polaris program
1957 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas A, LC14, CCAFS – first successful test launch
1963 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-D, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN636, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the first successful Atlas ICBM test launch 66 years ago. The first two attempts prior to this launch were failures.
