The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
Only two events on this day, one in 1962 and the other in 1968
No milestone events (5 to 65+years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1968 – SPLASHDOWN: Apollo 8, North Pacific Ocean
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 – First operational MM Titan II installed at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
Other:
NONE
The photos today are Apollo 8 during re-entry (Photographed by a KC-135) and the crew being welcomed home on-board the USS Yorktown. Photo Credits: NASA.
