The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 1998
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1961 – Bids received at NASA for the Apollo Prime Contractor from four bidding teams: GD/AVCO, GE/Douglas/Grumman/STL, McDonnell/Lockheed/Hughes/Vought, Martin/North American.
1975 – MM X-24B Flight 59, Dryden Lake – Pilot Einar Enevoldson
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 53, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB
1975 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SCL4W, VAFB
1985 – LAUNCH: GPS SVN11, GD Atlas E/SGS-2, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1998 – LAUNCH: Hotbird 5, LM Atlas IIA, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – GD Atlas F 577th squadron turned over to SAC, Altus AFB, Oklahoma
1984 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4, SSBN658, ETR – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of X-24B pilot Einar Enevoldson, who flew the X-24B lifting body on this day in 1975. He was a civilian research pilot at Dryden research center from 1968 until 1986. Photo Credit: NASA.
