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 2004
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1974 – MM X-24B flight 46, Dryden Lake – Pilot: Michael Love – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
2001 – LANDING: STS-108 (Endeavour), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
2002 – LAUNCH: LM NSS-6, Ariane 44L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
2004 – LAUNCH: LM AMC-6, LM Atlas V 521, LC41, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – Navy Special Projects office authorizes Lockheed to begin development of the Polaris program
1957 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas A, LC14, CCAFS – first successful test launch
1963 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-D, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN636, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-108 at KSC in 2001. Photo Credit: NASA.
Note also that on this day in 1956 the Navy authorized Lockheed to begin development of the Polaris program.
