The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1962, the latest event was in 2008
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1974 – MM X-24B flight 40, Dryden Lake – Pilot Michael Love – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
1990 – LANDING: STS-40 (Columbia), Edwards AFB
2008 – LANDING: STS-124 (Discovery), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1978 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIID, SLC4E, VAFB
1989 – LAUNCH: DSP-1 Block 14 F14, MM Titan IVA(402)/IUS, LC41, CCAFS – First Titan IV launch – MILESTONE: 35 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Mariner 5, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, LC12, CCAFS – Venus fly-by mission
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: MM Pershing 1, LC30, CCAFS
1965 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
1995 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF-05, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of the first Titan IVA vehicle in 1989 with a DSP payload on the 402/IUS configuration. This photo was found in an archive from PICRYL, the world’s largest archive of public domain photographs. The photo is attributed to USAF/6555th Space Wing (released to public domain).
