The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1964, the latest event was in 1995
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1977 – ALT-8, Captive Inert Flight #5, Enterprise Shuttle/Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Dryden Research Center, Edwards AFB – 30,000 feet. Approach and Landing Test Program.
1995 – LAUNCH: STS-67 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, astronomy experiments. Crew: Stephen Oswald, William Gregory, Tamara Jernigan, Ronald Parise, Wendy Lawrence, John Grunsfeld, Samual Durrance. MILESTONE: 30 years ago.
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Surveyor SD1, GD Atlas/Centaur (Atlas type not specified), LC36A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: RCA Transit O18, Scout A, SLC5, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1991 – LAUNCH: GE Astrospace Astra 1B (also Meteosat 5), Ariane 44L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN624, ETR
1965 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A3, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1993 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF-02, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-67 mission that launched in 1995 and include the launch, the crew and the ASTRO-2 astronomy experiment in the cargo bay. Photo Credits: NASA
