Manned orbital laboratory

Richard Truly, space shuttle astronaut and NASA administrator, dies at 86

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Richard “Dick” Truly, one of the first astronauts to fly the space shuttle and later led NASA as its eighth administrator, has died at the age of 86. Truly’s death on Tuesday (Feb. 27) was confirmed by the Association of Space Explorers, a professional organization for the world’s astronauts and cosmonauts, which considered Truly a … Read more

Take a look inside the US Manned Orbiting Laboratory, a Cold War manned spy satellite that never reached space

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Concept image of the proposed United States Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory.Heritage Space/Heritage Images via Getty Images The Manned Orbiting Laboratory was an American proposal to send a manned spy satellite into space in the 1960s. It would obtain high-resolution photographic images of American adversaries, such as the Soviet Union. The top-secret program has faced … Read more