The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1963, the latest event was in 2008
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1975 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 34B, SLC4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2006 – LM Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars, Mars orbital insertion
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
2008 – LM submits proposal for GOES-R+ satellite family
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1963 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas D, 576-B3, VAFB – FAILURE
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN642, ETR
1998 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5, SSBN736, ETR
1999 – LAUNCH: LM Peacekeeper, LF02, VAFB – MILESTONE: 25 years ago
Other:
NONE
The illustrations today include the official MRO patch, a diagram of the spacecraft, and an artist’s rendering of the spacecraft starting the aero braking process. Another photo by MRO is included with an overlay showing the traverses of Perseverance Rover on the surface of Mars during its first 1000 days. The arrival at Mars for this remarkable spacecraft was 18 years ago.
