The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1957, the latest event was in 2005
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2005 – LANDING: STS-114 (Discovery), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 111, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB
1974 – LAUNCH: RCA DSMP-Block-5C F1, Thor Burner 2A, SLC10W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1993 – LAUNCH: MM (GE) NOAA 13 (NOAA I), GD Atlas E, SLC3W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1957 – GD Atlas, Martin Titan and Thor missile production rates curtailed (cost savings)
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC12, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, LC13, CCAFS
1962- LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B3, VAFB
1962 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B2, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN617, ETR
1965 – Accident at MM Titan II silo 373-4 (Little Rock AFB) kills 53 – fire during construction modifications
1974 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN608, ETR – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
Other:
NONE
The images today include a photo of newspaper articles and a map showing the location of the tragedy of the Titan II silo 373-4 fire in 1965 on an installation that was part of Little Rock AFB. Photo Credits: Arka