Manned Orbiting Laboratory

Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), an evolution of the earlier “Blue Gemini” program, which was conceived to be an all-Air Force parallel of NASA’s Gemini efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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Image source: USAF Museum

Garrett/AiResearch

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Images: Mike Acs, Drew Granston

The Dorian Files Revealed

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Image source: National Reconnaissance Office

S63-00048

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Image source: Internet Archive

’68 MOL by Ted Brown

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Image source: SDASM Archives

MOL

(WX3) WASHINGTON, AUG. 25 — ARTIST’S CONCEPTION OF MANNED ORBITING LABORATORY (MOL) REVEALED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON TODAY AT HIS WASHINGTON NEW CONFERENCE. (U.S. AIIR ORCE PHOTO VIA AP WIRE PHOTO) (rbe41015ho) 1965.

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