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