Manned Orbiting Lab Animation
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OFFICE OF NEWS SERVICES THE PENTAGON, WASHINGTON 25, D.C. - LIBERTY 5-6700 AUDIO-VISUAL DIVISION RADI0-TV-NEWSFILM BRANCH ROOM 2E791 - EXTENSION 75111 (A) Release No. 174-65 DUPE NEGATIVE TO: Footage: 90' 16mm color master FINE GRAIN TO; August 25, 1965 MANNED ORBITING LABORATORY ANNINATION No Film (Official Air. Force footage released by Department of Defense) This is an artist's concept shown in an annimated film which depicts the launch of a Titan-30 carrying a Manned Orbiting Laboratory into space. The MOL capsule seperates from the booster and obtains orbit. Also shown is the re-entry vehicle breaking away from the MOL and preparing to return to earth. President Johnson today approved the. Department of Defense proceeding with the development of a Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) at a cost of $1.5 billion. The Air Force has selected the Douglas Aircraft Company to design and build the spacecraft in which the men will live and operate. Ir has chosen General Electric Company to plan and develop the space experiments. The primary objectives of the MOL program are to: 1. learn more about what man is able to do in space and how that ability can be used for military purposes. 2. develop technology and equipment which will help advance manned and unmanned space flights. 3. experiment with this technology and equipment. Unmanned flights to test launching, recovery and other basic parts of the system are due to begin late this year or early 196% The initial inmanned launch of a fully-equipped MOL is scheduled for 1968. This will be followed later that year by the first of 5 flights with two-man crews. Astronaut candidates will be military test pilots and graduates of the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Sequences show: (a) Titan-30 lift off. (b) Booster separation. (c) MOL in orbit. (d) Re-entry vehicle leaves MOL. NOTE MEDITORS: PLEASE CREDIT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IN TITLE OR COMMENTARY (e) MOLD in space. The fine grain master positive, released to the company designated above, is for duplication and distribution to interested TV and Newsreel pool members. It is then to be returned within 72 hours to the Film Library, Army Pictorial Center, 35-11 35th Avenue, Long Island City 1, New York. The master positive must not be cut in any manner. A dupe negative is also for release to the company designated above for distribution to pool members so desiring for duplication purposes. within 24 hours it will be delivered to DeLuxe Laboratories, 850 Tenth Avenue, New York, N. Y., telephone Circle 7-3220 where it will be avail- able to non-pool members and other authorized organizations which make satisfactory financial arrangements with DeLuxe Laboratories. The dupe negative must not be cut in any manner. D23413
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