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 1981.
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the primary option for lunar Apollo missions
1964 – Gemini 2 MM Titan II vehicle arrives at LC-19, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1979 – Skylab re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere – debris in Western Australia – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1964 – Successful static fire test of MM Titan III Transtage engine (AJ-10-138) – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: OV1-15S, OV1-16, GD Atlas F, 576-A2, VAFB – Upper atmosphere experiments
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, LC15, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN654, ETR
1980 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN642, ETR
1981 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN654, ETR
Other:
NONE
The map today shows the debris entry corridors for Skylab over Western Australia on orbit 34, 981. Map image credit: NASA. The demise of Skylab will be discussed in the last part of my multi-part series on that program in the next MARS STAR (2024 Q3).