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 2012
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – MM X-24A flight 9, Dryden Lake – Pilot Jerauld Gentry
2011 – LAUNCH: STS-133 (Discovery), LC39B, KSC – 6-person crew, ISS logistics and robot experiment, last flight of OV Discovery. Crew: Steven Lindsey, Eric Boe, Nicole Stott, Alvin Drew, Michael Barrett, Stephen Bowen.
Military and Classified Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Classified Mission, MM Titan IIIB, SLC4W, VAFB
2012 – LAUNCH: LM MUOS-1, ULA Atlas V 551, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1979 – LAUNCH: Solwind, GD Atlas F/OIS, SLC3W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
1996 – LAUNCH: LM Polar, Delta 7925-10, SLC2W, VAFB – Magnetosphere science
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – GE receives contract to develop three ground-based tracking systems for the radio guidance system for GD Atlas
1960 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC15, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas, LC13, CCAFS – First Atlas E
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN641, ETR
1982 – LAUNCH: MM P