Manned Orbiting Laboratory

The Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) was part of the United States Air Force (USAF) human spaceflight program in the 1960s. The project was developed from early USAF concepts of crewed space stations as reconnaissance satellites, and was a successor to the canceled Boeing X-20 Dyna-Soar military reconnaissance space plane. Plans for the MOL evolved into a single-use laboratory, for which crews would be launched on 30-day missions, and return to Earth using a Gemini B spacecraft derived from NASA's Gemini spacecraft and launched with the laboratory.

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The MOL used computers for design and simulation

Manned Orbiting Laboratory concept illustration (120210-F-XN622-009)

MOL configuration

MOL patch from NRO

MOL hardware under construction

MOL computers

Proposed USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory - GPN-2003-00094

LC 5-6 blockhouse

MOL 01

Dorian 12

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		The MOL used computers for design and simulation		Commons
commons	image		Manned Orbiting Laboratory concept illustration (120210-F-XN622-009)		Commons
commons	image		MOL configuration		Commons
commons	image		MOL patch from NRO		Commons
commons	image		MOL hardware under construction		Commons
commons	image		MOL computers		Commons
commons	image		Proposed USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory - GPN-2003-00094		Commons
commons	image		LC 5-6 blockhouse		Commons
commons	image		MOL 01		Commons
commons	image		Dorian 12		Commons