The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1964, the latest event was in 1987
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1969 – X-24A flight 8, Dryden Lake – Pilot: Gentry – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
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:
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, EAG-154, Johnston Island, Pacific – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1967 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN619, ETR
1987 – LAUNCH: MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the EAG-154, known as the USS Observation Island, a ship used to do some test launches of FBM systems and also provide a platform for observations. Photo Credit: Found on Wikipedia (labeled as public domain) and credited to the US Navy archives.
