The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest event was in 1993
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1993 – LAUNCH: STS-57 (Endeavour), LC39B, KSC – 6 person crew, SpaceHab (Biomedical and materials sciences). Crew: Ronald Grabe, Brian Duffy, G. David Low, Nancy Currie-Gregg, Peter Wisoff, Janice Voss.
Military and Classified Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 110, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – First GD Atlas A test firing, Edwards AFB
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, EAG-154, ETR
1967 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A3, EAG-154, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-57 mission launched in 1993. They include the launch, the crew and work in orbit with the SpaceHab. Photo Credits: NASA.


