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 2007
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1998 – LANDING: STS-91 (Discovery), KSC
2007 – Third pair of LM solar arrays begin providing power to ISS
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC-3E, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 65, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB
1973 – LAUNCH: IMEWS4 (early DSP), MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1975 – LAUNCH: RCA Nimbus 6, Delta 2910, SLC2W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC25A, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A3, VAFB
1968 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the landing of STS-91 at KSC in Florida in 1998. This was the last shuttle mission to Mir, the Russian space station. Photo Credit: NASA.
