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 1980
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1965 – MM X-24 lifting body announced by USAF as follow-on to the Asset Spaceplane
1969 – LAUNCH: Apollo 9 mission, Saturn V, LC39A, KSC – earth orbit testing of Apollo CSM and LM; Crew: Jim McDivitt, Dave Scott, Rusty Schweickart. MILESTONE: 55 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1980 – LAUNCH: Classified missions, Atlas F/MSD, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1972 – LAUNCH: Pioneer 10, GD Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS – Jupiter flyby, long duration (Pioneer 10 communicated with Earth for over 30 years)
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – Alternative configuration ICBM (Martin Titan I) to be authorized for development
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Martin Titan I, LC20, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, USBN644, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two missions. First, an Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur launched Pioneer 10 in 1972, which went on to do a flyby of Jupiter.
Second, the Apollo 9 mission was launched in 1969 (55 years ago) and the photos include that launch on a Saturn V and a photo of the crew. Apollo 9 performed tests of the command and lunar modules in Earth orbit.
