The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1958, the latest event was in 2016.
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1971 – LANDING: Apollo 14 (Antares LM) lands on the moon with Commander Alan Shepard, LM Pilot Edgar Mitchell
Military and Classified Programs:
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 131, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1984 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas H, SLC3E, VAFB
2016 – LAUNCH: GPS II-F (SVN70), ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Lunar Orbiter 3, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
2004 – LAUNCH: LM AMC-10 (GE-10), LM Atlas 2AS, LC36A, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Vanguard 1B, Martin Vanguard TIV3-BU, LC18-A, CCAFS – Vehicle control lost at T+57 seconds due to spurious guidance signals
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Martin Titan I, LC16, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1963 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN599, ETR
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN628, ETR
Other:
NONE
The first photo today is of Commander Alan Shepard saluting the American flag on the first spacewalk after LM Antares (Apollo 14) landed in the Fra Mauro region of the moon; the second photo is a Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter image of the Apollo 14 landing site taken on August 26, 2009. Photo Credits: NASA.
