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 2002
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1968 – SPLASHDOWN: Apollo 7, Gulf of Mexico
1969 – MM X-24A flight 6, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
1992- LAUNCH: STS-52 (Columbia), LC39B, KSC – 6 person crew, deployed LAGEOS 2, science payloads. Crew: Jim Weatherbee, Michael Baker, Charles Veach, Williams Shepherd, Tamara Jernigan, Steve MacLean (Canadian Space Agency).
Military and Classified Programs:
1995 – LAUNCH: UHF F/O F6, MM Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC14, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1964 – Final Atlas D removed from active duty at Offutt AFB
1974 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN659, ETR
2002 – LAUNCH: LM Trident D-5, SSBN742, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the STS-52 mission in 1992 and include the launch, the crew and deployment of the LAGEOS-2 satellite (Laser Geodynamics Satellite). Photo Credits: NASA.
