The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1968, the latest event was in 2019
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – LAUNCH: Apollo 13, Saturn V, LC39A, KSC – “Successful failure” mission for lunar mission crew Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise
Military and Classified Programs:
1990 – LAUNCH: USA-56, 57, 58, GD Atlas E Altair, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2011 – LM Juno spacecraft shipped to CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1983 – LAUNCH: RCA Satcom 6, Delta 3924, LC17B, CCAFS
2019 – LAUNCH: LM Arabsat-6A FH-002 (SpaceX Falcon Heavy), LC39A, KSC – MILESTONE: 5 years ago
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, EAG-154, Johnston Island, Pacific
1970 – LAUNCH (7): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN641, ETR
1978 – LAUNCH (7): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN619, ETR
1980 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
There are photos today from two missions. First, there are photos of the launch and crew of Apollo 13 in 1970.
Second, there are photos of the Arabsat-6A communications spacecraft and the launch on SpaceX Heavy in 2019.
