The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1962, the latest in 2017
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – Three-man Apollo Spacecraft concept announced by NASA
1972 – President Nixon announces $5.5 billion Space Shuttle program
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2017 – LM selected to build NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft to the Trojan Asteroids
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite Programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
NONE
Other:
NONE
The drawings today show the early Apollo design concept for the Command Module. This drawing was published in the Washington Star on this day in 1962.
