# " MAN IN SPACE TODAY TOMORROW AND TITAN III " NASA LIFTING BODY DOCUMENTARY Part 1 of 2 30482

This rare and informative NASA documentary "Today, Tomorrow and Titan III" shows the Titan III program as well as manned space flight and aeronautic advances in NASA in the mid 1960's. The film details research efforts put forth to manufacture lifting bodies to be used for the Manned Orbiting Lab program including the M2-F1. High speed aircraft are also shown including the X-15. Tests are conducted at the Edwards AFB and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. It touches upon the Manned Orbiting Laboratory space station concept which was a platform to put people into space for military missions. It was announced to the public in 1963. The main contractor for the project would be Douglas Aircraft Company. The Titan III represented a family of launch vehicles derived from the Titan II launched in 1974 and '77. The film opens with images from Cape Kennedy in Florida and the Apollo launch (:09). Large crawler transporters cart the shuttle to the launch pad (:14). The primary object was to ship men and equipment to space and return the three participating astronauts to earth. It was a 20 billion dollar dress rehearsal for a round trip mission to the moon. The objective was to be reached by 1970. An animation follows detailing the launching (1:57) through to the anticipated landing (2:43). A series of scientific journals on space flick by (3:16). This film was presented by 7 Arts Television (3:35). The USAF Titan III complex (4:12) appears in Cape Kennedy Florida. The launch system…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Space, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/30482ManIntoSpacePart1)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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