The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1949, the latest event was in 2000
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1998 – LANDING: STS-90 (Columbia), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Corona 108, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena
1994 – LAUNCH: USA-103, MM Titan IVA(401)/Centaur, LC40, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1949 – LAUNCH: Martin Viking 1 (Aeronomy/Photography), LC33, White Sands, New Mexico – MILESTONE: 75 years ago
2000 – LAUNCH: GOES-11, LM Atlas IIA, LC36A, CCAFS
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – Convair Division of General Dynamics announced as prime contractor for the Atlas program
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, SLTF, VAFB – first silo launch
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, SSBN602, ETR
1966 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas D, 576-A1, VAFB
1968 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas F, 576-A2, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-90 at KSC in 1998. Photo Credit: NASA/Photo STS-090-s-023 released to Public Domain.
