The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest event was in 2014
Four milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1998 – LAUNCH: STS-95 (Discovery), LC39B, KSC – 7 person crew including John Glenn; Spacehab medical experiments, Spartan 201 astronomy spacecraft. Crew: Curtis Brown, Steven Lindsay, Stephen Robinson, Scott Parazynski, Pedro Duque (ESA – Spain), Chiaki Mukai (NASDA – Japan), US Senator John Glenn
Military and Classified Programs:
1956 – Lockheed receives a contract to developer the W-117 satellite system and Agena upper stage
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 72, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB
1974 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIID, SLC4E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
2014 – LAUNCH: GPS IIF-14 (SVN 69), ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC11, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1969 – LAUNCH (6): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN601, ETR – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1995 – LAUNCH: LM Trident C-4, SSBN727, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the STS-95 mission in 1998 and they include the launch, the crew and work in the Spacehab, which had experiments on biological processes. Mercury astronaut John Glenn participated in this flight at the age of 77. Photo Credits: NASA.
