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 1993.
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1993 – STS-51 (Discovery) landed, KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 100, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 135, Thorad SLC-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A1, SSBN599, ETR
1981 – LAUNCH (2): MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the nighttime landing of STS-51 at KSC in 1993. Photo Credit: NASA.
