The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1965, the latest event was in 2011
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1966 – LAUNCH: AS-202, Saturn 1B, LC34, CCAFS – Suborbital flight testing Apollo CM heatshield
1975 – MM X-24B flight 55, Dryden Lake – John Manke
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3W, VAFB
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 83, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2002 – LM Stardust begins second collection of interstellar dust particles
2011 – LAUNCH: LM Juno, ULA Atlas V 551, LC41, CCAFS – Jupiter orbiting mission
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1995 – LAUNCH (Partial FAILURE): LM (MM) Koreasat 1 (Mugungwha 1), Delta 7925, LC17B, CCAFS – satellite left in LEO, propellant usage cut 50% of life
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A2, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the launch of Juno in 2011 on ULA Atlas V 551, the spacecraft being processed prior to launch and a photo of Jupiter by Juno . Juno is on its second extended mission (through 2025), no