The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1970, the latest was in 2009
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1985 – LANDING: STS-51-I (Discovery), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1970 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP Block-5A F2, Thor Burner 2, SLC10W, VAFB
1981 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIID, SL4E, VAFB
1993 – LAUNCH: UHF F/O F2, GD Atlas I, LC36B, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1976 – LANDING: MM Viking 2 on Mars
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4, LC25C, CCAFS
1992 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Trident D5, SSBN737, ETR
2009 – LAUNCH: LM Trident D5, SSBN736, ETR – MILESTONE: 15 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the Viking 2 landing in the Utopia Planitia area of Mars; the lander was operational until April 12, 1980. The life experiments on Viking were inconclusive because of the perchlorate found on the surface of Mars. Photo Credits: NASA.
