The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1962, the latest event was in 2002
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – Apollo program moved from Langley, VA to Houston, TX to the new Manned Spacecraft Center
2002 – LANDING: STS-109 (Columbia), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4W, VAFB
1966 – Construction starts on SLC6 (VAFB) for Titan IIIC/MOL program
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A2, VAFB
1965 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B3, VAFB
1991 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF02, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of construction at SLC-6 at VAFB to support the MOL (Manned Orbiting Laboratory) program.
