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 1996
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1995 – LANDING: STS-71 (Atlantis), KSC – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
1996 – LANDING: STS-78 (Columbia), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Discoverer 26, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1E, VAFB
1964 – Secretary of Defense McNamara reports to President Johnson that one of the best-managed Space Systems Division programs is the MM Titan III due to contract incentives
1972 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIID, SLC4E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas E, LC13, CCAFS
1978 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN618, WTR
1993 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Trident D-5, SSBN735, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-71 after its mission at KSC. A shuttle training aircraft is visible in the photo, piloted by Astronaut Robert Cabana. Photo Credit: NASA.
