The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The first event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2023
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – Eleven GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena launch vehicles and rendezvous targets requested for the Gemini program
1971 – LAUNCH: Apollo 14, LC39A, KSC (third lunar landing mission) – Alan Shepard (Commander), Edgar Mitchell (LM Pilot), Stuart Roosa (CM Pilot)
1998 – LANDING: STS-89 (Endeavour), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena A, SLC3W, VAFB
1984 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 34D/Transtage, LC40, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
2023 – LM completes assembly of the first LM-400 Multi-mission spacecraft, intended for launch (TBD) as a technology demonstration
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2013 – LAUNCH: TDRS 11, ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
2015 – LAUNCH: SMAP and 4 cubesats, ULA Delta 7320-10C, SLC2W, VAFB – SMAP: Soil Moisture Active/Passive
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A3, VAFB
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN-641, ETR
1968 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN-609, ETR
1968 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB
1987 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN-628, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the launch of Apollo 14, the crew and the mission patch. This was the third successful moon landing mission.
