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On this day – July 9

Posted on July 12, 2024 By Barb Sande

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

July 9 – Voyager 2 photo of Jupiter during fly-by. Photo Credit: NASA/JPL.
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