The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1962, the latest in 2017
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – Three-man Apollo Spacecraft concept announced by NASA
1972 – President Nixon announces $5.5 billion Space Shuttle program
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2017 – LM selected to build NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft to the Trojan Asteroids
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite Programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
NONE
Other:
NONE
The drawings today show the early Apollo design concept for the Command Module. This drawing was provided by NASA and published in the Washington Star on this day in 1962. Drawing Credit: NASA.
