The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1954, the latest event was in 2010
Four milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1974 – SPLASHDOWN: Skylab 4 crew splashes down, North Pacific, USS New Orleans – third and last Skylab crew – 84 days in space (William Pogue, Edward Gibson, Gerald Carr)
2010 – LAUNCH: STS-130 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 6 person crew, ISS operations (installed cupola window). Crew: George Zamka, Terry Virts, Kathryn Hire, Stephen Robinson, Nicholas Patrick, Robert Behnken. – MILESTONE: 15 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1985 – LAUNCH: USA 9, MM Titan 34B, SLC4W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
1967 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP Block 4A-F8, Thor Burner 2, SLC10W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: RCA Tiros 4, Thor Delta, LC17A, CCAFS
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1954 – Rand Corporation memo indicates the GD (Convair) Atlas program will be operational by the early 1960s
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN635, ETR – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1970 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1982 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S26, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two missions.
First, there are photos from the splashdown of Skylab 4 and of the crew on the rescue ship USS New Orleans. Photo Credits: NASA.
Second, there are photos from the STS-130 mission in 2010 including the launch, the crew, and a crew member helping install the cupola windows on ISS. Photo Credits: NASA.
