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 2016
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1968 – LAUNCH: Apollo 7, Saturn 1B, LC34, CCAFS – First manned Apollo mission; orbital checkout of command module by Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningham
1994 – LANDING: STS-68 (Endeavour), Edwards AFB – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
2000 – LAUNCH: STS-92 (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, ISS assembly/logistics, including Z1 truss. Crew: Brian Duffy, Pamela Melroy, Koichi Wakata (JAXA), William McArthur, Peter Wisoff, Michael Lopez-Alegria (USA/Spain), Leroy Chiao
Military and Classified Programs:
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena A, SLC3W, VAFB
1967 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP-Block-4D F10, Thor Burner 2, SLC10W, VAFB
2001 – LAUNCH: USA 162, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS
2007 – LAUNCH: WGS-1, ULA Atlas V 421, LC41, CCAFS
2016 – Long-service LM DSCS 3 satellites improve internet access for researchers in Antarctica
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas E, LC13, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas F, 576-A2, VAFB
1967 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B3, VAFB
1972 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the Apollo 7 mission and include the launch, the crew and an image from the live television events. Apollo 7 was a technical success, but there was a lot of friction and conflict between the crew members (none flew again) and Mission Control. They also suffered from miserable head colds during the flight. The crew had the first live television event from space. Photo Credits: NASA.
