The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest event was in 1994
Four milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – FAILURE: Apollo 13 service module explosion enroute to the moon – “successful failure” begins, recovery operations underway for getting the crew home
1984 – LANDING: STS-41-C (Challenger), Edwards AFB – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Discoverer 2, Thor/Lockheed Agena A, SLC1W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1969 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3A/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1975 – LAUNCH FAILURE: P72-2, Atlas F, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1994 – LAUNCH: GOES 8, GD Atlas I, LC36B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
Commercial Programs:
1991 – LAUNCH: GE ASC-2/Spacenet F4, Delta 7925, LC17B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – Production funding for guided missiles increased (GD Atlas, Martin Titan, Jupiter, Thor)
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of two missions. First, there is a photo of the damage that occurred to the Apollo 13 service module on this day in 1971 (this photo was taken after the command module separate from the service module prior to reentry).
Second, there is a photo of the landing of STS-41-C (Challenger) at Edwards AFB in 1984.
