Manned Orbiting Laboratory

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The Manned Orbiting Laboratory was a Cold War-era U.S. Air Force program to develop a crewed military space station for reconnaissance and other defense-related missions, ultimately canceled before any operational flights.

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instanceOf U.S. Air Force space program ⓘ
military space station program ⓘ
reconnaissance satellite program ⓘ
abbreviation MOL ⓘ
announcementDate 1963-12-10 ⓘ
cancellationDate 1969-06-10 ⓘ
codeName DORIAN ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
crewAccessMethod Gemini B hatch through heat shield ⓘ
crewCapacity 2 ⓘ
designFeature Gemini B reentry capsule ⓘ
linked to: Gemini spacecraft

optical reconnaissance system ⓘ
pressurized laboratory module ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
fundingAgency United States Department of Defense ⓘ
launchVehicle Titan IIIM ⓘ
launchVehicleFamily Titan III ⓘ
missionDurationPlanned 30 days ⓘ
notableTransferredAstronaut James A. Abrahamson ⓘ
Karol J. Bobko ⓘ
Richard Truly ⓘ
Robert Crippen ⓘ
linked to: Robert L. Crippen
numberOfAstronautsSelected 17 ⓘ
numberOfOperationalFlights 0 ⓘ
numberOfTestLaunches 1 ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf United States military space program ⓘ
plannedCrewSelectionSource USAF astronauts ⓘ
plannedInclination polar orbit ⓘ
plannedMissionProfile crew return to Earth in Gemini B capsule ⓘ
crew to conduct reconnaissance and experiments in orbit ⓘ
launch crew and lab together on single booster ⓘ
plannedOrbit low Earth orbit ⓘ
primaryPayload KH-10 DORIAN reconnaissance camera system ⓘ
purpose crewed military space station ⓘ
defense-related missions ⓘ
military reconnaissance ⓘ
reasonForCancellation advances in unmanned reconnaissance satellites ⓘ
high cost ⓘ
relatedProgram Gemini program ⓘ
National Reconnaissance Office programs ⓘ
secretUntil declassified in the 1990s ⓘ
someAstronautsTransferredTo NASA Astronaut Corps ⓘ
spacecraftType modified Gemini spacecraft ⓘ
spaceStationType low Earth orbit military space station ⓘ
startDate 1963 ⓘ
status canceled ⓘ
successor KH-9 Hexagon reconnaissance satellite program ⓘ
testLaunchComplex Launch Complex 40 ⓘ
testLaunchDate 1966-11-03 ⓘ
testLaunchSite Cape Kennedy Air Force Station ⓘ
testLaunchVehicle Titan IIIC ⓘ
testPayload modified Gemini B capsule ⓘ
uncrewed MOL mockup ⓘ

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X-20 Dyna-Soar → successorProgram → Manned Orbiting Laboratory ⓘ
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. → memberOf → Manned Orbiting Laboratory program ⓘ
linked to: Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. → spaceProgram → United States Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory ⓘ
linked to: Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Karol J. Bobko → partOf → Manned Orbiting Laboratory program ⓘ
linked to: Manned Orbiting Laboratory
X-20 Dyna-Soar → successorProgram → Manned Orbiting Laboratory ⓘ
subject linked to: X-20
SLC-6 → associatedWith → Manned Orbiting Laboratory program ⓘ
linked to: Manned Orbiting Laboratory