The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 1978
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1971 – MM X-24A flight 25, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A1, EAG-154, ETR
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN636, ETR
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN631, ETR
1976 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN618, ETR
1978 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN626, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the X-24A lifting body.
