The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2016.
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1971 – LANDING: Apollo 14 (Antares LM) lands on the moon with Alan Shepard, Ed Mitchell
Military and Classified Programs:
1969 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1984 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas H, SLC3E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
2016 – LAUNCH: GPS II-F (SVN70), ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Lunar Orbiter 3, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
2004 – LAUNCH: LM AMC-10 (GE-10), LM Atlas 2AS, LC36A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Martin Titan I, LC16, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN599, ETR
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN628, ETR
Other:
NONE
The first photo today is of Commander Alan Shepard saluting the American flag on the first spacewalk after LM Antares (Apollo 14) landed in the Fra Mauro region of the moon; the second photo is a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image of the Apollo 14 landing site.
