The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2011.
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1961 – Martin Company proposes use of the Titan II for lunar landings (presented by Albert C. Hall); this led to a larger briefing the next day and interest was expressed in using the Titan II as a NASA launch vehicle
1992 – LAUNCH: STS-49 (Endeavour), LC39B, KSC – 7 person crew; retrieved Intelsat 6 and attached a kick motor; Intelsat 6 was stranded in useless orbit by MM Commercial Titan on 3/14/1990 – First flight of OV Endeavour. Crew: Daniel Brandenstein, Kevin Chilton, Richard Hieb, Bruce Melnick, Pierre Thuot, Kathryn Thornton, Thomas Akers.
Military and Classified Programs:
2003 – LM and Spectrum Astro announce partnership to build the next generation GPS satellites
2011 – LAUNCH: LM SBIRS GEO-1, ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1954 – LAUNCH: Martin Viking 10 (aeronomy/photograph), LC33, White Sands, New Mexico – MILESTONE: 70 years ago
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, EAG-15