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St. Louis Science Center: Astronomy Fact Of The Day: August 25, 2021

In 1965, President Johnson announced the Department of Defense's $1.5 billion Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). Publicly, this was an Ai ...

August 25, 2021

In 1965, President Johnson announced the Department of Defense’s $1.5 billion Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL). Publicly, this was an Air Force program to place military personnel in orbit to conduct scientific experiments. The classified, actual mission of the MOL program, was to place a manned surveillance satellite into orbit. More information about MOL can be found here.

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