The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2001
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2001 – LAUNCH: STS-105 (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 4 person core crew, 3 up for ISS, 3 down from ISS; ISS logistics. Crew: Scott Horowitz, Frederick Sturckow, Patrick Forrester, Daniel Barry. To ISS Expedition 3: Frank Culbertson, Mikhail Tyurin (RKA), Vladimir Dezhurov (RKA); From ISS Expedition 2: Yuri Usachev (RKA), James Voss, Susan Helms.
Military and Classified Programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Discoverer 13, Thor/Lockheed Agena A, SLC1E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Lunar Orbiter I, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
1990 – MM Magellan Venus orbital insertion achieved, primary mapping mission begins
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH FAILURE: ATS-4, GD Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS – Centaur oxidizer leak
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC19, CCAFS – First operational test flight
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC25A, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas F, OSTF-2, VAFB
1985 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Pose