The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest event was in 2006
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1997 – LANDING: STS-94 (Columbia), KSC
2006 – LANDING: STS-121 (Discovery), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Vela 3, 4, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
1965 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
2003 – LAUNCH: LM Rainbow1, LM Atlas V 521, LC41, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, LC3, CCAFS – First X-17 flight
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN628, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-121 (Discovery) in 2006. Photo Credit: NASA.
