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 1996
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1960 – The USAF/NASA awarded a contract to Martin to develop a full-scale lifting re-entry body vehicle (X-24)
1969 – LAUNCH: Apollo 12, Saturn V, LC39A, KSC – Second lunar landing mission with Pete Conrad, Alan Bean and Richard Gordon – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1981 – LANDING: STS-2 (Columbia), Edwards AFB
1996 – LANDING: STS-66 (Atlantis), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas F, OSTF-2, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, 395-A1, VAFB
1966 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN655, ETR
1980 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S26, ETR
1982 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN632, ETR
Other:
1972 – MM Mark IV monorail delivered (Purple), Walt Disney World
The photos today include the launch of Apollo 12 and the crew (Commander Pete Conrad, Lunar Module Pilot Alan Bean and Command Module Pilot Dick Gordon). The Saturn V vehicle was hit by lightning on ascent and was heroically rescued by Mission Control (John Aaron), telling the crew to use an obscure reset routine (SCE – Signal Conditioning Equipment – to AUX or Auxiliary setting) that was only accessed briefly during flight simulations (Alan Bean recalled hearing about the reset function during training). Photo Credits: NASA.
