The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1951, the latest was in 2003
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight
2003 – LAUNCH: STS-107 (Columbia) launched, LC-39A, KSC – 7 person crew, Spacehab/Microgravity research; Columbia and crew were lost on re-entry on February 1, 2003. Crew: Rick Husband, William McCool, David Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson, Laurel Clark, Ilan Ramon (Israel)
Military and Classified Programs
1963 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1E, VAFB
2002 – LAUNCH: LM Milstar 2-F3, LM Titan IVB(401)/Centaur, LC40, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite Programs
NONE
Commercial Programs
1972 – LAUNCH: RCA Satcom 4, Delta 3910/PAM, LC17B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs
1951 – Project MX-1593 (Project Atlas) begins
1959 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas B, LC-14, CCAFS (FAILURE) – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1969 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1990 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident D-5, SSBN-734, ETR
Other
NONE
The photos today are of the launch of STS-107 (Columbia), its crew and an image of the SpaceHab module in orbit in 2003. Columbia and