The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1963, the latest event was in 2013
Five milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1984 – LANDING: STS-41-B (Challenger), KSC – first shuttle landing at KSC
1994 – LANDING: STS-60 (Discovery), KSC
1995 – LANDING: STS-63 (Discovery), KSC – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
1997 – LAUNCH: STS-82 (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, Second LM Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. Crew: Kenneth Bowersox, Scott Horowitz, Joseph Tanner, Steven Hawley, Gregory Harbaugh, Mark Lee, Steven Smith
2000 – LAUNCH: STS-99 (Endeavour), LC39A, KSC – 6 person crew, deployed STRM mast and experiments (Shuttle Radar Topography Mission). Crew: Kevin Kregel, Dominic Pudwill Gorie, Gerhard Thiele (ESA – Germany), Janet Kavandi, Janice Moss, Mamoru Mohri (NASDA – Japan). – MILESTONE: 25 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: LES1, MM Titan IIIA/Transtage, LC20, CCAFS – test of Transtage orbital operations – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1970 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP Block 5A-F1, Thor Burner 2, SLC10W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1992 – LAUNCH: GE DSCS III B-14, GD Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1974 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Sphinx/MM Viking Dynamic Simulator, MM Titan IIIE/GD Centaur – FAILURE OF CENTAUR (Lox pump)
2010 – LAUNCH: SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory), ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS – Includes LM instrument Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) – MILESTONE: 15 years ago
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
2013 – LAUNCH: Landsat 8, ULA Atlas V 401, SLC3W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
2002 – LAUNCH (5), LM/Motorola Iridium spacecraft, Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC25A, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH GD Atlas D, 576-B2, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos on this busy day in history are from the STS-82 Hubble Space Telescope mission, including launch, crew and work on the captured telescope. Photo Credits: NASA.
