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 1995
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1995- LAUNCH: STS-70 (Discovery), LC39B, KSC – 5 person crew, TDRS-7 deployment. Crew: Terence Henricks, Kevin Kregel, Donald Thomas, Nancy Currie, Mary Weber – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1973 – 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: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC25A, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas E, OSTF1, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-70 mission in 1995. They include the launch, the crew and the deployment of TDRS-7, the last TDRS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) deployed by the space shuttle. Photo Credits: NASA.
