The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2011
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1996 – LANDING: STS-75 (Columbia), KSC
2011 – LANDING: STS-133 (Discovery), KSC (last flight of Discovery)
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 106, Thor SLV-2A/ Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB
1973 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIID, SLC4E, VAFB
2007 -LAUNCH (8): Technology Demo/Picosats, LM Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC25A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, EAG-154, ETR
1964 – INCIDENT: GD Atlas F explodes during fueling operations, Missile site 579, Walker AFB, New Mexico – NOTE: This was the third fueling incident at Walker AFB and the second one in 1964.
1989 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN645, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-133 at KSC in 2011, the last mission for Discovery. Photo Credit: NASA.
