The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1958, the latest event was in 2012
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1983- LAUNCH: STS-8 (Challenger), LC39A, KSC – 5 person crew, Insat-1B deployment. Crew: Richard Truly, Daniel Brandenstein, Guion Bluford, Dale Gardner, Williams Thornton. First night launch of shuttle.
1984 – LAUNCH: STS-41-D (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 6 person crew, three Hughes communications satellites deployed – First flight of OV Discovery – MILESTONE: 40 years ago. Crew: Henry Hartsfield, Michael Coats, Richard Mullane, Steve Hawley, Judy Resnik, Charles Walker.
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Discoverer 29, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2012 – LAUNCH: RBSP A, B, ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS – Radiation Belt Storm Probes
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, Platform AVM1, Atlantic – Argus II
1960 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC20, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC25A, ETR
1963 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, 395-A3, VAFB
1991 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident D5, SSBN737