The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1965, the latest event was in 2008.
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2008 – LAUNCH: STS-124 (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, ISS assembly with Kibo module. Crew: Mark Kelly, Kenneth Ham, Karen Nyberg, Ronald Gatun, Michael Fossum, Akihiko Hoshide (JAXA), Gregory Chamitoff (To ISS Expedition 17), Garret Reisman (From ISS Expedition 17).
Military and Classified Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Research and classified missions, Thor SLV-2/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB
1995 – LAUNCH: UHF F/O, GD Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1965 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN623, ETR
1974 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN600, ETR – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-124 mission to ISS in 2008. They include the launch, the crew and the Kibo module, which was provided by JAXA. Photo Credits: NASA.
