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Manned Orbiting laboratory (MOL) was developed from early NASA manned space station concepts for military space exploration. MOL evolved into single used laboratory, with a crew onboard and duration 40 days, using a Gemini B spacecraft. Gemini B prototype - used for tests: displayed in the museum Air Force Space & Missile Museum (credit to unknown author, it was released to public domain) The MOL program was announced in December 1963 and was based on the Gemini spacecraft. The Gemini B had several modification including hatch in the heat shield for the transition between the spacecraft and the laboratory. The project was cancelled in 1969 since it was shown that unmanned satellites cost less with the same efficiency achieving the same purposes. Instead of this project NASA built civilian space station Skylab ( Skylab ), based on Apollo experiences. Soviet Union launched 3 Almaz military stations during 1970s as a response to the announcement of the MOL. 3 Almaz space st...

Parker Solar Probe is NASA's huge mission to get so close to any Star. The main purpose of the mission is knowledge of our own Sun, how the changes influence the solar system, and affects the Earth. This mission will undergo such a condition of heat and radion, it will get closer to the Sun than any satellite before in the history. Parker Solar Probe Insignia It was launched on August 12, 2018 from the Cape Canaveral in Florida using Delta IV Heavy with Upper Stage . The Delta IV Heavy is an heavy lift launch vehicle largest from the Delta IV family rockets. The Delta IV Heavy uses 2 additional Common Booster Cores as liquid rocket boosters. During the lift off, all 3 cores are at full thrust, after 44 second the middle ones is lower down to 55 per cent. The boosters burn out after 242 second after the launch. After the separation the middle booster throttles back to the full thrust. The middle burns out 86 second later after the separation and the second stage can finish t...

Vanguard 1 was the fourth satellite in the orbit after Soviet Sputnik 1, Sputnik 2, and US Explorer 1. It was the first satellite using solar energy. The communication was lost 1964, but it remains in the orbit and thus it became the oldest man made object in Earth orbit. The satellite has spherical shape (16.5 cm in diameter) made from aluminium and weight was 1.46 kg.  The 10mW 108 MHz telemetry transmitter was powered by a mercury batter and the 5mW 108.03 MHz Minitrack beacon transmitter was powered by 6 solar cells on the surface of the spherical body. It contained 6 sticking aluminium antennas, 30 cm long and of 0.8 cm diameter. They passed through the center of the sphere. Vanguard 1 carried two thermistors which measured the interior temperature over 16 days in order to follow the thermal protection. Vanguard was name both for the satellite and launch vehicle. It had 3 stages. The first stage was powered by liquid rocket engine propelled by RP-1 and liquid oxygen. It d...