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 2011.
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1979 – Start of build for Space Shuttle launch facilities at VAFB delayed – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
2004 – LAUNCH: DSP 1 Block 18 F22, LM Titan IVB (402)/IUS, LC40, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2011 – FLYBY: LM Stardust (NExT) flys by Comet Tempel 1, which was the target of the Deep Space mission. This was a follow-on mission to the primary mission of Stardust (visit to Comet Wild 2).
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – Contract delivered to Rocketdyne to manufacture 12 propulsion systems for GD Atlas A
1957 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, LC3, CCAFS
1976 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN624, ETR
1986 – LAUNCH (3): MM Pershing 2, Fort Bliss, Texas
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of Comet Tempel 1, which became the secondary mission for Stardust (NExT) after the comet and interstellar dust particles were dropped off at Earth. This comet was the target for the Deep Space Mission and Stardust imaged the impact area.
