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 2013
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1961 – President Kennedy calls for the goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade at a Joint Session of Congress, 20 days after Alan Shepard’s suborbital flight
1965 – LAUNCH: AS-104 (SA-8), LC37B, CCAFS – Boilerplate Apollo CSM and Pegasus B Micrometeor satellite
1971 – MM X-24A flight 27, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
1973 – LAUNCH: Skylab 2, Saturn 1B, LC39B, CCAFS – first crew to Skylab (Pete Conrad, Joe Kerwin, Paul Weitz) – spacewalks and repairs of damaged Skylab orbital workshop – 28 days at Skylab
Military and Classified Programs:
1972 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 144, Thorad SLV-2H/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB – Last Thorad/Agena from VAFB
2013 – LAUNCH: WGS-5, ULA Delta 4M+(5,4), LC37B, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2008 – LANDING: LM Mars Phoenix Lander lands on Mars
2011 – NASA selects LM OSIRIS-REx as next New Horizons mission
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A2, EAG-154, ETR
1964 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN626, ETR – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1976 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN620, ETR
1977 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN643, ETR
1982 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN619, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of two events. First, there are photos of the Skylab 2 launch on a Saturn 1B and the crew (Pete Conrad, Joe Kerwin, Paul Weitz), plus a view of the damaged Skylab orbiting workshop during a fly-around. Photo Credits: NASA.
Second, there is a photo of Mars Phoenix Lander descending to landing by MRO; another photo shows trenches dug in the soil by Phoenix Lander showing ice sublimation. Photo Credits: NASA.
