The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest was in 2018
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1961 – LAUNCH: Mercury MR-3 (Freedom 7), LC5, CCAFS – First American in space (Alan Shepard) – Significant space milestone
1993 – LANDING: STS-55 (Columbia), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1971 – LAUNCH: IMEWS2 (DSP), MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS
2009 – LAUNCH: USA-205, ULA Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 15 years ago
2014 – LM MUOS program gives USN the first reliable communications in the Arctic region – MILESTONE: 10 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2018 – LAUNCH: LM Mars InSight Lander, ULA Atlas V 401, SLC3E, VAFB
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1997 – LAUNCH (5): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
NONE
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two missions. First, there are photos of the Mercury-Redstone 3 launch in 1961 and astronaut Alan Shepard; also known as Freedom 7, this suborbital launch was a significant space milestone, carrying the first American into space. Photo Credits: NASA, released to Public Domain.
Second, there is a photo of the launch of InSight Mars Lander one ULA Atlas V 401 in 2018. InSight landed on Mars on 11/26/2018. Photo Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky, released to Public Domain.
