55 Years Ago: Manned Orbiting Laboratory Cancellation

The Manned Orbiting Laboratory MOL, a joint classified project of the U.S. Air Force USAF and the National Reconnaissance Office NRO, sought to establish a crewed platform in low Earth orbit to obtain high-resolution photographic imagery of Americas 1960s Cold War adversaries. Approved in 1965, the MOL Program envisioned a series of space stations launched 8230;. https://www.nasa.gov/histo...
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