The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2002
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1985 – LANDING: STS-51-D (Discovery), KSC – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
2001 – LAUNCH: STS-100 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, ISS Assembly and Canadarm 2 installation at ISS. Crew: Kent Rominger, Jeffrey Ashby, Chris Hadfield (Canadian Space Agency), John Phillips, Scott Parazynski, Umberto Guidoni (ESA – Italy), Yuri Lonchakov (Russia).
2002 – LANDING: STS-110 (Atlantis), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB
1972 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 144, Thor SLV-2H/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1 SSBN601, ETR
1962 – The last MM Titan I was turned over to the 724th Strategic Missile Squadron completing activation, Lowry AFB
1963 – LAUNCH FAILURE: MM Titan II, LC15, CCAFS
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN630, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-100 mission in 2001, including the launch, the crew, and the installation of the Canadarm 2 on ISS. Photo Credits: NASA.
