Manned Orbiting Laboratory program

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military space program
gptkbp:cancellationDate gptkb:United_States_Department_of_Defense
high cost
advances in unmanned reconnaissance satellites
gptkbp:codename gptkb:MOL
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:endDate 1969
gptkbp:firstUncrewedTestFlight 3 November 1966
gptkbp:firstUncrewedTestFlightVehicle Gemini B-1
gptkbp:headquarters Los Angeles Air Force Station
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Manned Orbiting Laboratory program
gptkbp:launchDate gptkb:Titan_IIIM
gptkbp:legacy Gemini B reentry module tested in space
influenced later space station designs
some astronauts transferred to NASA
gptkbp:notableFor Gemini B test flight (1966)
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:James_A._Abrahamson
gptkb:James_Taylor
gptkb:Robert_Lawrence
gptkb:Michael_J._Adams
gptkb:Donald_H._Peterson
gptkb:John_S._Bull
gptkb:Richard_Truly
gptkb:Robert_F._Overmyer
gptkb:Robert_H._Lawrence_Jr.
gptkb:Henry_Hartsfield
gptkb:Karol_J._Bobko
gptkb:Robert_Crippen
gptkb:James_M._Taylor
gptkb:Bob_Overmyer
Albert Crews
Albert H. Crews
Francis G. Neubeck
James Abrahamson
John L. Finley
Lachlan Macleay
Richard E. Lawyer
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:plannedCrewSize 2
gptkbp:plannedCrewVehicle Gemini B
gptkbp:plannedMissionDuration 30 days
gptkbp:plannedNumberOfFlights up to 8
gptkbp:plannedOrbit gptkb:Low_Earth_Orbit
gptkbp:plannedPrimaryPayload KH-10 DORIAN camera system
gptkbp:plannedSecondaryPayload life sciences experiments
military technology experiments
gptkbp:plannedSpacecraft gptkb:MOL_laboratory_module
gptkbp:purpose military reconnaissance
crewed space station
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Salyut_program
gptkb:NASA_Gemini_program
NASA Skylab program
gptkbp:startDate 1963
gptkbp:status cancelled
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USAF_MOL_Transfer
gptkb:NASA_Astronaut_Group_6
gptkb:Titan_missile
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7