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:
1983 – NASA awards the Space Shuttle Processing Contract to Lockheed Space Operations Center at KSC (Rockwell was the incumbent)
1995 – LAUNCH: STS-69 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 5 person crew, deployed and retrieved Wake Shield Facility, other science payloads. Crew: David Walker, Kenneth Cockrell, James Voss, James Newman, Michael Gernhardt – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC20, CCAFS
1962 – The first GD Atlas F missile squadron (550th) is turned over to SAC at Schilling AFB, Kansas
1976 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN609, ETR
1979 – President Carter authorizes full-scale engineering development of a basing mode for Missile X (Peacekeeper)
1994 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF05, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the STS-69 mission, which launched on this day in 1995. The photos include the launch, the crew and the deployment of the Wake Shield facility. This facility would allow the growth of thin films in a near-perfect vacuum in the wake of a spacecraft. Photo Credits: NASA.
