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 2006
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – MM X-24A flight 16, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
1991 – LANDING: STS-43 (Atlantis), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1965- LAUNCH: Surveyor dummy payload, GD Atlas D/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
2006 – LAUNCH: LM JCSAT-10 (also Syracuse 3B), Ariane 5ECA, ELA3, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC13, CCAFS
1964 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC29A, CCAFS
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S26, ETR – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1978 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident I C4, LC25C, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-43 at KSC in 1991. Photo Credit: NASA.
