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On this day – September 22

Posted on This article was published on September 22, 2025August 30, 2025 By Barb Sande

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 1993.

Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)

Human Spaceflight:

1993 – STS-51 (Discovery) landed, KSC 

Military and Classified Programs:

1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 100, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago

1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 135, Thorad SLC-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB

Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:

NONE

Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:

NONE

Commercial Programs:

NONE

Test, ICBM, FBM programs:

1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A1, SSBN599, ETR – MILESTONE: 65 years ago

1981 – LAUNCH (2): MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas

Other:

NONE

The photo today is the nighttime landing of STS-51 at KSC in 1993.  Photo Credit: NASA.

September 22 – STS-51 landing. Photo Credit: NASA.
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