The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1968, the latest event was in 2019
Four milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – LAUNCH: Apollo 13, Saturn V, LC39A, KSC – “Successful failure” mission for lunar mission crew Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1990 – LAUNCH: USA-56, 57, 58, GD Atlas E Altair, SLC3W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 35 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2011 – LM Juno spacecraft shipped to CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1983 – LAUNCH: RCA Satcom 6, Delta 3924, LC17B, CCAFS
2019 – LAUNCH: LM Arabsat-6A FH-002 (SpaceX Falcon Heavy), LC39A, KSC
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, EAG-154, Johnston Island, Pacific
1970 – LAUNCH (7): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN641, ETR – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1978 – LAUNCH (7): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN619, ETR
1980 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the launch and crew of Apollo 13 in 1970. Jack Swigert was a last-minute substitute for Ken Mattingly as CM Pilot because Mattingly was supposedly exposed to the measles. Photo Credits: NASA.
