The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The first event was in 1957, the latest event was in 1997
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1992 – LAUNCH: STS-42 (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, Spacelab (Microgravity experiments). Crew: Ronald Grabe, Steve Oswald, Norman Thagard, Williams Readdy, David Hilders, Roberta Bondar (Canada), Ulf Merbold (ESA/Germany)
1997 – LANDING: STS-81 (Atlantis), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1969 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIIB, SLC4W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: RCA Tiros 9, Thor/Delta C, LC17B, CCAFS
1975 – LAUNCH: GE Landsat 2, Delta 2910, SLC2W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1957 – Definitive contract signed with the USAF for Martin Titan I missile development
1965 – Last MM Titan I ICBM taken off alert status at Beale AFB
1967 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B2, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-81 at KSC in 1997.
