The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1962, the latest was in 2005
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1996 – LANDING: STS-79 (Atlantis), KSC
1997 – LAUNCH: STS-86 (Atlantis), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, Spacehab/Mir. Crew: James Weatherbee, Michael Bloomfield, Vladimir Titov (RKA – Russia), Scott Parazynski, Jean-Loup Chretien (CNSA – France), Wendy Lawrence, David Wolf (To Mir – EO24), Michael Foale (UK/USA, From Mir – EO24)
Military and Classified Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: LES 6, OV satellites, MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS – Lincoln experimental satellite, orbital experiment satellites
2005 – LAUNCH: LM GPS IIR-14M, Delta 7925-9.5, LC17A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1975 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 4A F-1, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
1991 – LAUNCH: GE Anik-E1, Ariane 44P, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
1999 – LAUNCH: LM LMI-1, Proton-K/DM-2M, LC81/23, Baikonur, Kazakhstan – Joint US (LM)/Russia satellite – MILESTONE: 25 years ago
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – MM Titan I 568th squadron (nine missiles) declared operational, Larson AFB, Washington
1962 – MM Titan I 850th squadron (nine missiles) declared operational, Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, EAG-154, ETR
1968 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2E, SSBN617, ETR
1979 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4, SSBN657, ETR – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the launch of STS-86 in 1997, the crew and the MIR space station seen from OV Atlantis as it approached the station. Photo Credits: NASA.
