Manned Orbital Development System

The Manned Orbital Development System was created by the US Air Force Space System Division (SSD) in June 1962. It was to begin working on plans to use Gemini hardware as the first step in a new US Air Force man-in-space program called MODS (Manned Orbital Development System), a type of military space station that used Gemini spacecraft as ferry vehicles. The term Blue Gemini first showed up in August 1962 as part of a more specific proposal to fly six Gemini missions with Air Force pilots in a preliminary orientation and training phase of MODS. MODS was effectively superseded when the Manned Orbital Laboratory was announced in December 1963.

References

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• NASA History Office on Blue Gemini

Project Gemini
Missions	Unmanned Gemini 1 2 Manned Gemini 3 4 5 7 6A 8 9A 10 11 12
Components	Gemini spacecraft Orbit Attitude and Maneuvering System Titan rocket Agena target vehicle Gemini space suit
Launch sites	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 / Launch Complex 14
Developments	Advanced Gemini Blue Gemini / Manned Orbital Development System Manned Orbiting Laboratory and Gemini B / OPS 0855 Big Gemini