The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1966, the latest event was in 1996.
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1996 – LAUNCH: STS-79 (Atlantis), LC39A, KSC – 6 person crew, Spacehab/Mir. Crew: WIlliam Readdy, Terrence Wilcox, Jay Apt, Thomas Akers, Carl Walz. To Mir (EO-22): John Blaha; From Mir (EO-22): Shannon Lucid
Military and Classified Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP Block-4A F7, Thor Burner 2, SLC10W, VAFB
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1987 – LAUNCH: GE (RCA) Transit O27, O29, Scout G1, SLC5, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 396-C, VAFB
1969 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1992 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF02, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-79 mission and include a unique photo of the stack on the pad from above, the crew of STS-79, and a view of the MIR space station. STS-79 was the first shuttle mission to rendezvous and dock with a fully-completed MIR space station. Shannon Lucid then spent six months on MIR performing science research and John Blaha returned from a mission to Mir. Photo Credits: NASA.
