The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest was in 1993
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1965 – Martin Marietta selected to build X-24A lifting body – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1993 – LAUNCH: STS-54 (Endeavour), LC39B, KSC – 5 person crew, TDRS-6 deployment. CREW: John Casper, Donald McMonagle, Mario Runco, Gregory Harbaugh, Susan Helms
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Discoverer 37, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB – Agena failure
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite Programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC29A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1964 – LAUNCH FAILURE (One of two): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN-623, ETR
1965 – USAF announces 150 ICBM sites (Minuteman, Atlas, Titan) will be deactivated that year – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1973 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris C3, SSBN-645, ETR
Other
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-54 mission in 1993 and include the launch, the crew, and the deployment of TDRS-6 (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite). Photo Credits: NASA.
