Douglas Aircraft Company contractor's model of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory rocket, measuring 9.75" long, with a black 4" x 6.25" display stand featuring an engraved nameplate; when displayed, the model reaches a height of 10.25". Douglas and USAF decals are affixed to opposing sides of the MOL. In fine condition.
Part of the United States Air Force's manned spaceflight program, the MOL was developed from early concepts of manned space stations to be used for NASA survey purposes, but was ultimately canceled during the height of the Apollo program in 1969, when more cost-effective unmanned reconnaissance satellites were found to achieve similar results. NASA's space station program went ahead full-blast in the mid-1970s with the advent of Skylab.
