The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1969, the latest event was in 1978.
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1977 – ALT-6, Captive Inert Flight #3, Enterprise Shuttle/Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Dryden Research Center, Edwards AFG – 26,000 feet. Approach and Landing Test program.
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – USAF announces contract to MM for development of standardized Titan III launch vehicles
1964 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4W, VAFB
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 92, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1978 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 34B, SLC4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1969 – LAUNCH: Mariner 6, GD Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS – successful flyby of Mars on 7/31/1969
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC15, CCAFS
1960 – LAUNCH: Martin Pershing 1, LC16, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1964 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas E, LC11, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN625, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of Mariner 6 on Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur in 1969. Photo Credit: NASA.
