The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1955, the latest event was in 1960
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
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:
1955 – Martin Titan ICBM program concept begins as an alternate configuration and staging approach to Atlas (ICBM Advisory Committee) – MILESTONE: 70 years ago
Other:
1959 – Vandenberg Air Force Base/Pacific (Western) Missile Range declared operational
1960 – An article is published in Time magazine on this day in 1960 about “Titan’s Troubles”. This article was referred to me by Greg Bollendonk in late 2023. This article came less than a month after another catastrophic Titan test launch failure that was featured in the December events. The contents of the article are not included in these events. MILESTONE: 65 years ago
Photo today: Anthony Mastalir, Space Launch Delta 30 commander, and Maj. Gen. Deanna Burt, Combined Force Space Component Command commander, unveil Vandenberg’s new U.S. Space Force name during a base renaming and 30th Space Wing redesignation ceremony in 2021. VAFB was originally declared operational on this day in 1959. Photo Credit: spacecom.mil (photo is credited to a federal agency and is in the public domain).
