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Modular Station 1975
Credit - NASA via Marcus Lindroos

Class: Manned. Type: Space Station. Nation: USA. Agency: NASA. Manufacturer: Douglas.

NASA carried out a number of space station studies while the Shuttle was being developed in the mid-1970s. The first was McDonnell-Douglas' Manned Orbiting Facility (MOF) , a small 4-man space station that would have been configured differently for various missions, much like the Soviet Salyut stations.

Article by Marcus Lindroos

Typical orbit: 400 km circular orbit, 28.5 deg. Electrical System: Solar panels.


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