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 2013
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1974 – MM X-24B flight 41, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
1977 – ALT-10, Captive/Active Flight #1, Enterprise Shuttle/Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, Dryden Research Center, Edwards AFB – Crew: Joe Engle, Richard Truly. 22,000 feet. Approach and Landing Test Program.
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 45, Thor/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2013 – LAUNCH: LM IRIS, Pegasus XL, L-1011 aircraft, VAFB – Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph solar observatory small satellite, built in Palo Alto
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC12, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1976 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB – last Titan II test launch VAFB
1978 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN599, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the IRIS small observing satellite (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph) and an example of solar imaging done with IRIS. IRIS is still operating as of 6/28/2025. Photo Credits: NASA/Ames Research Center.
