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Military space program eyes first manned MOL flights
The Air Force MOL program moves toward its first manned missions in 1970 to test military space roles. Four new astronauts join 12 in training as unmanned satellites drive security advances. Five two person crews will fly about 30 days each atop a Titan 3M rocket from Vandenberg, with limited news access and no live TV.
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Cape Kennedy
Pla
Edwards ‘Air Force’ Base
Calif
Air Force
Manned _Orbiting ‘Laboratory
MOL
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Defense
Department
NASA
Defense Department
United States
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg
Gemini
Earth
America
Manned Orbiting Laboratory
Lockheed Missiles and Space Co