The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1955, the latest event was in 1980
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1965 – MM X-24 lifting body announced by USAF as follow-on to the Asset Spaceplane – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1969 – LAUNCH: Apollo 9 mission, Saturn V, LC39A, KSC – earth orbit testing of Apollo CSM and LM; Crew: Jim McDivitt, Dave Scott, Rusty Schweickart.
Military and Classified Programs:
1980 – LAUNCH: Classified missions, Atlas F/MSD, SLC3W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1972 – LAUNCH: Pioneer 10, GD Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS – Jupiter flyby, long duration (Pioneer 10 communicated with Earth for over 30 years)
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – Alternative configuration ICBM (Martin Titan I) to be authorized for development – MILESTONE: 70 years ago
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Martin Titan I, LC20, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, USBN644, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two missions. First, an Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur launched Pioneer 10 in 1972, which went on to do a flyby of Jupiter. Photo Credit: NASA
Second, the Apollo 9 mission was launched in 1969 and the photos include that launch on a Saturn V and a photo of the crew. Apollo 9 performed tests of the command and lunar modules in Earth orbit. Photo Credits: NASA.
