The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2014
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1961 – LAUNCH: Mercury MA-2, GD Atlas D, LC14, CCAFS – test launch to evaluate aerodynamic heating and re-entry
1964 – MM Titan/Gemini launch vehicle subsystem verification tests begin on Complex 19, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1997 – LANDING: STS-82 (DIscovery), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE (Partial): Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena A, SLC1E, VAFB – PARTIAL FAILURE (Agena)
2014 – LAUNCH: GPS SVN64 IIF-5, ULA Delta IVM+(4.2), LC17B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 10 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1981 – LAUNCH: Comstar 4, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
2002 – LAUNCH: LM Echostar 7, LM Atlas 3B, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas D, 576-D3, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN618, ETR
1986 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4 launched, SSBN732, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-82, returning to Earth after the second Hubble Servicing mission in 1997.
