The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1958, the latest event was in 2024
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1969 – SPLASHDOWN: Apollo 10 mission splashes down – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
2010 – LANDING: STS-132 (Atlantis), KSC – MILESTONE: 15 years ago
2021 – LM and General Motors team up to develop next-generation lunar rover for Artemis program
2024 – The Lunar Dawn contract was released by NASA to the Lunar Prospect partnership team of LM, General Motors, Goodyear, and MDA for the advanced rover concept (adds to and supersedes the 2021 effort). UPDATE: In September, 2024, LM withdrew from the contract team and was replaced by Leidos.
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1977 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 4A F4, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – American Arma Bosch contract for inertial guidance systems was transferred from Martin Titan I program to GD Atlas program, as Atlas program was ahead in development. Titan I would use Bell Telephone radio guidance systems through the first four operational launches.
1958 – LAUNCH: Martin Bold Orion, B-47 (aircraft), CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas E, LC13, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B2, VAFB
1979 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN631, ETR
2004 – LM begins THAAD manufacturing in Troy, Alabama – (THAAD events are not included in the milestones)
2009 – LAUNCH: LM Trident D5, UK S29, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the landing of STS-132 in 2010. This was the last mission for Atlantis. Here is the caption for the photo, found on Wikipedia:
Space Shuttle Atlantis nears touchdown on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Landing was at 8:48 a.m. EDT, completing the 12-day STS-132 mission to the International Space Station. Main gear touchdown was at 8:48:11 a.m. EDT, followed by nose gear touchdown at 8:48:21 a.m. and wheelstop at 8:49:18 a.m. On board are Commander Ken Ham, Pilot Tony Antonelli, Mission Specialists Garrett Reisman, Michael Good, Steve Bowen and Piers Sellers. The six-member STS-132 crew carried the Russian-built Mini Research Module-1 to the International Space Station. STS-132 is the 34th shuttle mission to the station, the 132nd shuttle mission overall and the last planned flight for Atlantis. Photo Credit: NASA/Ben Cooper.
