The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2002
Human Spaceflight:
1968 – SPLASHDOWN: Apollo 7, Gulf of Mexico
1969 – MM X-24A flight 6, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
1992- LAUNCH: STS-52 (Columbia), LC39B, KSC – 6 person crew, deployed Lageos 2, science payloads
Military and Classified Programs:
1995 – LAUNCH: UHF F/O F6, MM Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC14, CCAFS
1964 – Final Atlas D removed from active duty at Offutt AFB
1974 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN659, ETR
2002 – LAUNCH: LM Trident D-5, SSBN742, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the STS-52 mission in 1992 and include the launch, the crew and deployment of the LAGEOS-2 satellite (Laser Geodynamics Satellite).