The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1955, the latest event was in 2021
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2021 – LM Orion spacecraft for Artemis I completed and turned over to NASA (latest iteration)
Military and Classified Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1970 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 23B, SLC4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2005 – ESA Huygens probe lands on the Saturn moon of Titan (Cassini/Huygens launched by LM Titan IVB/Centaur in 1997)
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite Programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1996 – LAUNCH: LM Koreasat2, Delta 7925, LC17B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – Contract awarded to Aerojet-General for Martin Titan I ICBM engines
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A1, SSBN-601, ETR
1965 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I launch, 395-3A, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today include a diagram of Huygens and images taken during descent at landing of the ESA Huygens probe on the Saturn moon of Titan in 2005. Huygens had several experiments on-board to measure winds and atmospheric properties during descent and on the surface. The probe’s transmissions lasted about 90 minutes after