The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1982, the latest event was in 2006
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1982 – LANDING: STS-4 (Columbia), Edwards AFB
2006 – LAUNCH: STS-121 (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, ISS mission, ISS Logistics, Testing of repair techniques for TPS. Crew: Steven Lindsay, Mark Kelly, Michael Fossum, Lisa Nowak, Stephanie Wilson, Piers Sellers, Thomas Reiter (To ISS – ESA/German Expedition 13). No crew member return from ISS.
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
NONE
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-121 mission in 2006 and include the launch, the crew, and activities at ISS. Photo Credits: NASA.
