The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1972, the latest was in 2012
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1972 – LAUNCH: Apollo 16, Saturn V, LC39A, KSC – Lunar mission with Commander John Young, LM pilot Charlie Duke, CM Pilot Ken Mattingly
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
2002 – LAUNCH: LM NSS-7, Ariane 44L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
2004 – LAUNCH: Superbird 6, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36A, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1973 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S23, ETR
2012 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D5, SSBN738, ETR
Other:
NONE
Today’s photos are of the crew and launch of Apollo 16 in 1972. This was the second “J” mission (extended lunar operations, use of the rover) and second-to-last moon landing of the Apollo program. Photo Credits: NASA.
