The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1957, the latest event was in 2007
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2002 – LM Mars Odyssey end of Mars Aerobraking
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite Programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1995 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 704, MM Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1957 – USAF announces highest priority for ICBM/IRBM contracts (Martin Titan, GD Atlas, Thor)
1958 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas A, LC12, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC29A, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH FAILURE: MM Titan II, LC16, CCAFS
1975 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
1983 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN-624, ETR
2007 – LM receives $654.9 million contract for Trident II D5 Missile continuation
Other
NONE
The artist’s illustration today is of the aerobraking process at Mars for the Odyssey spacecraft. I have also included a chart that describes the process for this spacecraft. Image credits: NASA.
