The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1955, the latest event was in 2006
Four milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – Teams of Martin Marietta/McDonnell Douglas and North American Rockwell/General Dynamics submit their preliminary proposals under Shuttle Phase B development – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
2000 – LAUNCH: STS-97 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 5 person crew, ISS assembly (Photovoltaic Array Assembly). Crew: Brent Jett, Michael Bloomfield, Joseph Tanner, Marc Garneau (Canadian Space Agency), Carlos Noriega – MILESTONE: 25 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – Development phase of MM Titan III program begins
1990 – UPPER STAGE FAILURE: GE DMSP S-10 (5D-2 F5) GD Atlas E, SLC3W, VAFB – broken nozzle on AKM led to lower than desired orbit – MILESTONE: 35 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, LC3, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 70 years ago
1959 – Martin Titan II program authorized by USAF Headquarters
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC29A, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas E, LC13, CCAFS
1964 – 565th squadron of GD Atlas D’s deactivated at Warren AFB, Wyoming – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1964 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A1, VAFB
1994 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident D-5, SSBN740, ETR
Other:
2006 – United Launch Alliance (ULA) begins operations, merging LM Atlas vehicles and Boeing Delta vehicles.
The photos today are from the STS-97 mission to ISS in 2000 and include the launch, the crew, Mission Specialist Noriega doing an EVA and the view of ISS after installation of the P6 truss and solar panel assemblies. Photo Credits: NASA.
Also of note: ULA started operations on this day in 2006.
