Posted on April 20, 2022
NASA feasibility studies determined that a research space laboratory could be placed in orbit by 1967. However, to fund such a project it had to be justified by achieving a national goal, or an important science goal, or test of technology.
P1-Dyna-Soar
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P3-MOL_01
P2-MOL_configuration
Tagged:Dyna Soar, Gemini, Gemini B, Gemini Blue, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Mercury, Mol, Skylab, Titan Iii
Posted on May 4, 2022
Strangely enough the MOL astronauts only knew of the cover story that the program would be a space laboratory for military experiments and did not learn of the reconnaissance role until after selection.
P2-Early_mockup_of_MOL_laboratory_module_interior
P3-Gemini-B_Heat_Shield with hatch
P1-MOL_01
Posted on May 18, 2022
A planning document depicted 12-man and 40-man stations, both with self-defense capability. It described the 40-man, Y-shaped station as a “spaceborne command post” in synchronous orbit. The key requirement was “post attack survivability”, the statio...
P2-Titan-3C_MOL-Gemini-B-Test_3
P3-MOL Command Post
P1-MOL_spacesuit
Tagged:Albert Crews, Bobko, Crippen, Ddre, Gemini B, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Mol, Nro, Robert Mcnamara, Skylab, Titan Iii, Truly
Posted on June 1, 2022
On June 7th 1969, General Stewart ordered all work on Gemini B, the Titan IIIM and the MOL spacesuit, to cease and to cancel or curtail all other contracts. The official announcement that the MOL had been canceled was made on June 10th.
P4-MOL_toilet
P2-MOL_hardware_under_construction
P3-AX in 1964Shayler
P1-SLC-6_in_1966
Tagged:Apollo X, Bobko, Crippen, Deke Slayton, Gemini B, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Mol, Nro, Skylab, Titan Iii, Wernher Von Braun
May 22
Space Rocket History #64 – Gemini V with Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad – 8 Days or Bust -Part 2
Posted on May 22, 2014
This was Flight Director Chris Kraft’s first major problem at the new Mission Control Center in Houston. He knew the spacecraft had enough battery power for reentry even if the fuel cells failed completely, but he needed to know if there would be ti...
Tagged:8 Days Or Bust, Agena, Atlas, Aurora 7, Buzz Aldrin, Bykovsky, Capcom, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Charles A Berry, Chis Kraft, Computer, Covered Wagon, Darrow, Deke Slayton, Ed White, Edward H White, Edwin Aldrin, Evaluation Pod, Exploration, Fail Safe, Faith 7, Franceses Conrad, Fuel Cells, Gagarin, Gemini, Gemini 1, Gemini 4, Gemini 5, Gemini Iv, Gemini Project, Gemini V, Gemini Vi, Gemini Titan Iv, Gene Kranz, Gordo, Gordon Cooper, Haverford, History, Hodge, Holloman Air Force Base, Houston, James A Mcdivitt, James Webb, Kranz, Leonov, Manned Orbiting Laboratory, Manned Space Center, Mcdonnell, Minuteman Missile, Mission Control Center, Msc, Nancy Conrad, Nasa, Oams, Orbital Attitude And Maneuvering System, Pete Conrad, Phantom Rendezvous, Princeton, Robert Gilruth, Rocket, Scott Carpenter, Space, Sputnik, Tereshkova, Voskhod 1