The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2010
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1960 – Martin to develop booster airframe for Dyna-Soar (USAF)
2007 – LAUNCH: STS-117 (Atlantis) LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, S3-S4 Truss assembly on ISS. Crew: Frederick Sturckow, Lee Archambault, Patrick Forrester, Steven Swanson, John Olivas, James Reilly, Clayton Anderson (to ISS – Expedition 15), Sunita Williams (from ISS – Expedition 15).
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Discoverer 24, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB
1975 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIID, SLC4E, VAFB
1990 – LAUNCH: Classified missions, MM Titan IVA(405), LC40, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: Martin Bold Orion, B-47 (airplane), CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1963 – First MM Titan II operational squadron (570th) activated, Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona
1964 – LAUNCH (2); Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN626, ETR – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1965 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A1, VAFB
1979 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4 SSBN657, ETR – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
2010 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5, SSBN738, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two events. First, there are photos of the launch of STS-117, the crew, work on the truss assembly at ISS and the post-mission changes to ISS. Photo Credits: NASA.
Second, there is a personal photo that we took on a visit to the TII Missile Museum in Arizona. This is the last remaining Titan II that was installed as part of the 570th squadron (Davis-Monthan AFB). That squadron was activated on this day in 1963. Photo Credit: Steve and Barb Sande.
