The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2006
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – MM X-24A flight 16, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1991 – LANDING: STS-43 (Atlantis), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1965- LAUNCH: Surveyor dummy payload, GD Atlas D/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
2006 – LAUNCH: LM JCSAT-10 (also Syracuse 3B), Ariane 5ECA, ELA3, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC13, CCAFS
1964 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC29A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S26, ETR
1978 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident I C4, LC25C, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-43 at KSC in 1991. Photo Credit: NASA.
