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Kennedy Space Center. In line with this order, the Air Force changed the name of its reservation on Cape Canaveral from Cape Canaveral Missile Test Annex to Cape Kennedy Air Force Station on 22 January 1964. The Cape and the Air Force Station were officially renamed Cape Canaveral and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 1 April 1974. " THOR-ABLE, THOR-ABLE I and THOR-ABLE II - THOR-ABLE-STAR The THOR ballistic missile was used as the first stage for each of those launch vehicles. 5 feet long and 8 feet in diameter.
As one of the many victims of budget cutbacks in the late 1960s, the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program had just been cancelled. Since the Air Force would not be able to field a manned space program of its own, the AFSC Commander (General James Ferguson) concluded that the use of the Space Shuttle for manned military space missions was essential. General Ferguson confirmed this point in a letter to the Air Force Chief of Staff in late October 1969. He also suggested the Air Force look into: 1) the kinds of military missions the Shuttle would support, 2) the extent of Air Force involvement in the program's management and 3) the scope of Air Force/ NASA agreements needed to ensure the Shuttle met military requirements.
148, 149, 150, 151; SAMTO/ WSMC History, 1 October 1987 - 30 September 1988, Volume I, pp. 139, 140, 141. 25. Fact Sheet, AFMTC Office of Information, "Scout Launch Vehicle Fact Sheet," 30 July 1963; SAMSO History, 1 January - 31 December 1978, Volume I, pp. 51, 54. 26. 3; Interview, Mark C. Cleary with Mr. Jeffrey Geiger, 30th Space Wing Historian, 14 July 1993; SAMSO History, 1 January - 31 December 1978, Volume I, pp. 51, 52. 27. 6555th Aerospace Test Group History, January - September 1978, p.