The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2000
Human Spaceflight:
1990 – LAUNCH: STS-41 (Discovery), LC39B, KSC – 5 person crew, deployed Ulysses
1997 – LANDING: STS-86 (Atlantis), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1994 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 803, GD Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS
2000 – LAUNCH: LM Superbird 5, Ariane 42L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC11, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, 576-A1, VAFB
1970 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN629, ETR
1973 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
1987 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident D5, LC46, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-41 mission in 1990, which deployed the Ulysses spacecraft to study the polar regions of the sun. They include the launch, the crew and the deployment of Ulysses.