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 2009
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1992 – LAUNCH: STS-46 (Atlantis), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, failed to deploy MM/Italian space agency TSS-1 (tether line jammed on a bolt), other deployments successful . Crew: Loren Shriver, Andrew Allen, Claude Nicollier (ESA – Switzerland), Marsha Ivins, Jeffrey Hoffman, Franklin Chang-Diaz (Costa Rica/USA), Franco Malerba (ASI – Italy).
2009 – LANDING: STS-127 (Endeavour), KSC – MILESTONE: 15 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 68, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB
1969 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1983 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 34B, SLC4W, VAFB
1995 – LAUNCH: MM (GE) DSCS III B-7, MM (GD) Atlas IIAS, LC37B, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas E, LC11, CCAFS
1963 – MM Titan I acquisition phase completed
1963 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B1, VAFB
1967 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN659, ETR
1979 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Trident I C4, SSBN657, ETR – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
1987 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN631, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-46 mission and include launch, the crew and the Tethered Satellite System, which failed to deploy properly on that mission. The TSS was built by Martin Marietta for the Italian Space Agency and NASA. Photo Credits: NASA.
