8 July 2002
AIR FORCE DECLASSIFIES MILITARY SPACE HISTORIES
by Michael Ravnitzky
mikerav@mindspring.com

 
After a lengthy review process, the United States Air Force has declassified a series of reports that outline the history of some military space projects.

You can obtain a copy of any of these reports by sending a request to:

11th Wing, Department of the Air Force 11CS/SCS (  FOIA  )
Attn:  Rhonda M. Jenkins, Chief, Documentation Information & Services Branch
1000 Air Force Pentagon
Washington, DC  20330-1000

A Brief History of the DoD Space Test Program, Dec. 1993,
IADN 94-2, ANSER

NASA Space Station Update and Potential Military Uses, Sept. 1986,
ANSER, STDN-86-8

A Historical Look at United States Launch Vehicles, 1967-present,
ANSER, 1997, SADN 97-2

A Survey of Potential Flight Opportunities for STP Experiments as Secondary Payloads on Non-DoD Mission s 1990-1994, Oct. 1989 by Thomas Hagler,
ANSR, STDN 90-1

NASA Space Station Update and Potential Military Uses, June 1989,
ANSER, STDN-89-9

Project SCAR (Satellite Capture and Retrieval), R.D. Bauman and J.L. Schlaefli,
AD 363074, Anser Memo 65-3, June 1965 (old but interesting)

Levels of Radioactivity Following an Attack on Minuteman Silos,
ANSER SDN 80-6, November 1980

Complementary Space Research:  DoD/STP and NASA, STDN 90-13, Sept. 1990,
ANSER

The Use of Onboard Crews in the Space Test Program (STP) An Assessment,
May 1980, Space Division Note 80-1, Richard A. Crocker, et al.

Recent Accomplishments of the DoD Space Test Program, Jan. 1994,
IADN 94-1

A White Paper on the Accomplishments of the DoD Space Test Program, 1967-1976,
Aug. 1977, DDN 77-3, ANSER

A Brief History of the DoD Space Test Program, Dec. 1995,
ADN 95-5, ANSER

 


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