The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
Only two events on this day, one in 1962 and the other in 1968
Human Spaceflight:
1968 – SPLASHDOWN: Apollo 8, North Pacific Ocean
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – First operational MM Titan II installed at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
Other:
NONE
The photos today are Apollo 8 during re-entry (Photographed by a KC-135) and the crew being welcomed home on-board the USS Yorktown.
