The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 1999
Five milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1959 – Mercury 7 astronauts introduced to the public – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1983 – LANDING: STS-6 (Challenger), Edwards AFB
1994 – LAUNCH: STS-59 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 6 person crew, space radar and materials experiments, earth observations – MILESTONE: 30 years ago. Crew: Sidney Gutierrez, Kevin Chilton, Jay Apt, Michael Clifford, Linda Godwin, Thomas Jones.
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3E, VAFB
1999 – LAUNCH FAILURE: DSP-1 Block 18 F19, LM Titan IVB(402)/IUS – Boeing IUS (Inertial Upper Stage) stages failed to separate – MILESTONE: 25 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas F, LC11, CCAFS
1964 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, LC15, CCAFS – 23rd and last Titan II test flight at CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, LC25C, CCAFS
1984 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN645, ETR – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
1995 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Trident D5, SSBN734, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the Mercury 7 astronauts after they were introduced to the public in 1959. Also on this day 25 years ago was the failure of the TIVB-27 launch (failure of the Boeing IUS upper stage) with a DSP payload.
