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 1996
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1982 – LAUNCH: STS-3 (Columbia), LC39A, KSC – 2 person crew, test flight – Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton
1996 – LAUNCH: STS-76 (Atlantis), LC39B, KSC – 6 person crew, Spacehab/Mir. Crew: Kevin Chilton, Richard Searfoss, Ronald Sega, Michael Clifford, Linda Godwin, Shannon Lucid (to Mir – began a 4.5 month stay on the Russian station). No return astronaut from Mir on shuttle.
Military and Classified Programs:
1976 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1985 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 5A F-10, GD Atlas G/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
1995 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 705, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, LC15, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photos today are the launch of the third space shuttle mission, STS-3, in 1982 and a photo of the two-person crew (Jack Lousma, C. Gordon Fullerton).