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 2022
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2001 – LAUNCH: STS-104 (Atlantis), LC39B, KSC – 5 person crew, ISS assembly (Quest airlock). Crew: Steven Lindsay, Charles Hobaugh, Michael Gerhardt, Janet Kavandi, James Reilly.
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3E, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas D/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4W, VAFB
1964 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2002 – NASA Ames Research Center awards LM a contract worth $315 million to support science and research programs
2022 – First images are released to the public from the James Webb Space Telescope, including those from the NIRCam instrument (LM) – NIRCAM – Near-Infrared Camera, built in Palo Alto
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: RCA Tiros 3, Thor Delta, LC17A, CCAFS
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A2, VAFB
1962 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN611, ETR
1978 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN611, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two missions. First, there are photos of the launch, crew, and work at ISS for the STS-104 mission in 2001. Photo Credits: NASA.
Second, one of the first-release photos from James Webb Space Telescope is included, released on this day in 2022. The photo is of the Eta Carinae nebula. Photo Credit: NASA/GSFC.
