The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1958, the latest event was in 2016
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2009 – LAUNCH: STS-119 (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, ISS assembly (S6 solar arrays and truss structure). Crew: Lee Archambault, Dominic Antonelli, Joseph Acaba, Steve Swanson, Richard Arnold, John Phillips, Koichi Wakata (JAXA – To ISS Expedition 18), Sandra Magnus (From ISS Expedition 18).
Military and Classified Programs:
1976 – LAUNCH: LES8/9, Solrad 11A/B, MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS
2008 – LAUNCH: LM GPS IIR 19-M, ULA Delta 7925-9.5, LC17A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – Contract awarded to American Arma Bosch to develop an all-inertial guidance system for Martin Titan I ICBMs (these systems were reassigned to Atlas ICBMs and Titan used a radio guidance system)
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC29A, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas D launched, 576-B1, VAFB
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN636, ETR – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN632, ETR
2016 – LAUNCH: LM Trident D-5, SSBN (unknown), ETR
Other:
1995 – Lockheed and Martin Marietta merger finalized – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
The photos today are of the STS-119 mission and include the stacked vehicle on the pad a few days before launch with a full moon in the background, the crew, and a view of ISS after the final solar array assemblies and trusses were installed. Photo Credits: NASA/Bill Ingalls (photo on the pad).
