The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 1999.
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1999 – LAUNCH: STS-96 (Discovery), LC39B, KSC – 7 person crew, ISS assembly – First shuttle to dock at ISS. Crew: Kent Rominger, Rick Husband, Daniel Berry, Ellen Ochoa, Tamara Jernigan, Julie Payette (Canadian Space Agency), Valeri Tokarev (Russia).
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC16, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1983 – LAUNCH: MM Pershing 2, LC16, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-96 mission in 1999, the first shuttle mission to ISS. They include the launch, the crew and an EVA to perform work on the fledging space station. Photo Credits: NASA.
