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 2018
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2008 – LANDING: STS-123 (Endeavour), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1969- LAUNCH: Mariner 7, GD Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S23, ETR
1979 – Design review held for Missile-X (MM Peacekeeper), Denver
2018 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5, SSBN739, WTR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the Mariner 7 launch in 1969 on Atlas/Centaur and images from the Mars flyby that occurred on July 31, 1969. Photo Credits: NASA
