The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1950, the latest event was in 1999
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – General Electric selected for Apollo integration and reliability program support
1971 – SPLASHDOWN: Apollo 14, South Pacific, USS New Orleans
1984 – MM MMU tested in second EVA for STS-41-B (McCandless)
Military and Classified Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB
1969 – LAUNCH: Tacsat1, MM Titan IIIC, LC41, CCAFS
1978 – LAUNCH: Fltsatcom1, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS
1980 – LAUNCH: GPS SVN5, GD Atlas F/SVS, SLC3E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
1983- LAUNCH: Classified missions, GD Atlas H, SLC3E, VAFB
1986 – LAUNCH: Classified missions, GD Atlas H, SLC3E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1950 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Viking 3 solar photography mission, Martin Viking Sounding Rocket, LC33, White Sands, New Mexico – MILESTONE: 75 years ago
1999 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5 launched, SSBN740, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an example of a Trident D-5 Ohio-class submarine test launch. Photo Credit: Department of Defense photo found on Wikipedia and credited to a government agency.
