The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1957, the latest event was in 1976.
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Ranger 4, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, LC12, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1976 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN644, ETR
Other:
1957 – Vandenberg Air Force Base established on the north end of Camp Cooke, California
The photo today is the launch of the Ranger 4 spacecraft by Atlas/Agena B in 1962. Ranger 4 crashed on the far side of the moon without returning any data. It was the first American spacecraft to contact another solar system body.
