The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1963, the latest event was in 1997
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1992 – LANDING: STS-50 (Columbia), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1979 – Voyager 2 flies by Jupiter (launched by MM Titan IIIE/GD Centaur) – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1997 – LAUNCH (5): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, LC25C, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photo today was taken by Voyager 2 during its flyby of Jupiter in 1979. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL
