The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1964, the latest event was in 2011.
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1992 – LANDING: STS-49 (Endeavour), Edwards AFB
2011 – LAUNCH: STS-134 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 6 person crew, final ISS assembly/upgrades (alpha magnetic spectrometer, logistics) – last flight of Endeavour. Crew: Mark Kelly, Gregory Johnson, Michael Fincke, Roberto Vittori (ESA – Italy), Andrew Feustel, Gregory Chamitoff.
Military and Classified Programs:
1973 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1964 – Phase-out plan released for GD Atlas and MM Titan I ICBMs – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1983 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, US S27, ETR
1984 – LAUNCH: MM Pershing 2, LC16, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
1990 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF08, VAFB
1996 – LAUNCH (4): LM Trident C4, SSBN726, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-134 mission in 2011, the last mission for Endeavour and the second-to-last shuttle mission. They include the launch, the crew and an image of Endeavour as it maneuvers to ISS. Photo Credits: NASA/NASA – Robert Markowitz (crew photo)/NASA – released to public domain
