The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest was in 1996
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – President Kennedy delivers State of the Union address to Congress first outlining the goal of a lunar landing
1996 – LAUNCH: STS-72 (Endeavour), LC39B, KSC – 6 person crew, Capture of Japanese Space Flyer Unit; scientific experiments. Crew: Brian Duffy, Brent Jett, Leroy Chiao, Winston Scott, Koichi Wakata (JAXA), Daniel Barry
Military and Classified Programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite Programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A1, SSBN-601, ETR
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN-632, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-72 mission, including launch, crew and the capture of the Japanese Space Flyer Unit. The Space Flyer Unit was a microgravity research satellite.
