The most important to mention is the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory:

The most important to mention is the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory:

The most important to mention is the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory:……

1969 Group 7 – USAF MOL Transfer, no official nickname (Astronauts selected from the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program)

1969 Group 7 - USAF MOL Transfer, no official nickname (Astronauts selected from the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program)

1969 Group 7 - "USAF MOL Transfer" (Astronauts selected from the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program)

1967 8 December: "plane crash": Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. was named the first African-American astronaut for the U.S. Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, but he never made it into space.

1967 8 December: "plane crash": Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. was named the first African-American astronaut for the U.S. Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, but he never made it into space.

After the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) project was cancelled, NASA hired seven of the astronauts selected for that program to form this "Group 7", roughly the younger half of the MOL astronauts.

After the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) project was cancelled, NASA hired seven of the astronauts selected for that program to form this "Group 7", roughly the younger half of the MOL astronauts.