The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1946, the latest event was in 1998
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – MM X-24A flight 11, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1992 – LANDING: STS-45 (Atlantis), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1998 – LAUNCH: LM TRACE, Pegasus XL, L1011, Point Arguello – solar physics observatory – LM responsible for telescope system
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1946 – Convair (later GD) received a contract for a 1-year study of two ICBM designs
1968 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
1978 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN658, ETR
Other:
1958- President Eisenhower proposes the establishment of NASA
The photos today are an artist’s conception of the TRACE (Transition Region and Coronal Explorer) satellite in orbit and an example of solar imagery from TRACE, which operated until 2010. Image Credits: NASA.
More on TRACE from NASA:
TRACE was the first mission to image an entire cycle of solar activity, studying the sun at both its turbulent maximum and demure minimum. The satellite observed some fine-scale structures for the first time as well, including coronal or solar moss, a sponge-like structure found at the base of some coronal loops. On June 21, 2010, TRACE took its last image, after millions of images taken before the last and 12 successful years in orbit.
