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 2020
Human Spaceflight:
1995 – LAUNCH: STS-73 (Columbia), LC39B, KSC – 7 person crew, Microgravity lab
2022 – NASA orders three more Orion Spacecraft from LM
Military and Classified Programs:
1998 – LAUNCH: UHF F/O F9, LM Atlas IIA, LC36A, CCAFS
2000 – LAUNCH: LM DSCS 3 B-11m LM Atlas IIA, LC36A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2020 – OSIRIS-REx successfully touches down and retrieves sample on asteroid Bennu
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – Martin Titan I missile A-2 exploded during captive tests at the Martin Denver facility
1964 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
1969 – LAUNCH (7): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN609, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer) spacecraft, the sample return capsule, a photo of the actual touchdown on Bennu and the surface before/after the sampling. The samples returned in a sample return capsule on September 24, 2023, then OSIRIS-REx became OSIRIS-APEX and has an extended mission to examine and orbit the asteroid Apophis, which is a potential Earth hazard, starting in 2029.